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CITIZEN
VOL
12, No. 8
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929
Five Cents.
Cream Supply Is Smaller
Than Was Supposed
v.rns Company Still Uncertain As T
Whether Sufficient Supply Is
Available in Districts
intimated That Prince George Will Be Considered As Site if Company proceeds Wiih Plans
The committee of the board of trad has been authorized to make a matters relevant to of a creamery in axe finding i irme The "members of the commit Investigated the reported tha & Company. Limited, had in ,d itself in the creamery ques and sought to ascertain whether /was a prospect of inducing the y~ to take over the manage a creamery at this point. ThVenquiry of the committee has nnt vet reached the man in the com-1- who can answer it. but it has incited the very interesting informa-that it is not a question as to being a sufficient number o' in the respective Vanderhoof or the Prince George districts, but whether there are sufficient cows in the combined districts to make possible the successful operation of a cream-be said to increase the
tion
eIThis may
This may be sa
probability'that the creamery ifit is d wi" be located at Pnnce
ctarwd wi" be located at George rather than Vanderhoof.
as to the cream supply it is realised it is not readily available in the districts immediately surrounding prince George, but there is reason to believe that when a market is assured 'or the cream it will be forthcoming The board of trade committee is com-
of
D G Williams, W. L. Hughes, john Assman. C. C. Reid and C. A pvne In digging into the matter the members of the committee encountered the rumor that a movement was under way for the settlement of fifty Polish families in the district, and John Assman traced this to a proposed German Baptist settlement. This creanization had made a number of settlements on the prairies, and a few of the denomination had found homes in the districts surrounding Pnnce Geojge There was reason to believe ' a settlement would be attempted but Mr. Assman doubted that an effort would be made to place fifty families in one venture. .
The report of this suggested Polish art in the enforcement of the latest �emulations will result in his retirement.
There are all kinds of rumors in circulation as to who were responsible for the slaughter of the seven gangters in a garage building in this city on St. Valentine's Day. In the first nstance it was believed the murders vere committed by members of a rival am in revenge for high-jacking acivities. It was known that two or nore members of the firing squad were dressed in police uniforms, but this use it was thought was adopted to .ermit the assassins to get close to heir victims without creating an larm. Later investigations are said o lend color to the suggestion that he murders were actually committed i
Committee of Council Approves nLsmLssi of Stenographer After Long- Discussion
of I
PREMIER BRACKEN DEFERS ACTION ON RESIGNATIONS
OF CLUBB AND MAJOR
Winnipeg:, Feb. 19. �Premier Bracken today announced that the resignations ofHon, W. R. Clubb, minister of public works, and of Hon. W. J. Majors, attorney-general, will not be accepted by him until the views of the members of the legislature have been ascertained. The ministers got into trouble, it is asserted by reason of their being interested in the stock of the Winnipeg Electric Company which secured a lease of the Seven Sisters power. Hon. W. R. Clubb was active in putting this lease through. Clubb's interest in the stock is said to have been limited to 250 shares. The Conservatives will seek to .hold the government to blamc\ in the matter rather than the ministers.
Consideration of Measure by Private Bills Committee Has Been Indefinitely Postponed
Ingenika District Becomes Important
In Plan For Extension of Road
From Prinze George
New Faces and Labor-Saving Machine Demanded In, Ultimatum of The City Clerk
The members of the city council had a stormy time on Monday evening, i while sitting for more than two hours' in committee of the whole considering the recommendations of V. Randolph! Clerihue, city clerk, for the re-organ-! Nation of the staff in the city hall. | The city clerk submitted a report to the council several - weeks ago, but; owing to the illness of Mayor Patter- I ;;on no action was taken upon it. The j report, and the additions made to it: by the city clerk during the progress
Lively Interest Shown in Stevens Railway Bill
Board of Trade Asks For Strict Scrutiny Into Financial Ability of Promoters
Effect ot Building New Line On Fortunes of P. G. E. Should Also Be Determined
of the long debate, were far from' "The fol owing resolution was passed complimentary to Miss Helen Quinn. j by the Prince George board of trade l h filld the I ^ a general meeting today for your
compy
who for several years has filled the o ^ lk i
general meeting today for your
who for several years has filled the I
potion of stenogra^er and clerk in] attention, and with the request that me city hall, or to David Williams, | V�u Present the same before, the pn-he young man who for the past six' vate bills committee:
months has been receiving tuition under Mr. Clerihue in the expectation that he might develop into an assis-; tant.
The chief attack, however, was directed against Miss Qulnn. From what came out in the debate the city j clerk evidently had her under close1 surveillance for a considerable time.1 His complaints against her ran all the : way from, inaccuracy in the keeping; ol the water and light accounts to; lack of speed in typewriting. Mr. Cleri-hue's check on the typewriting was very exact, and disclosed that Miss Quinn was capable of much greater, speed than she sometimes displayed.'
V. was intimated that during the slow-
"This board unanimously resolves that the legislature be urged to oppose the granting of any such charter as proposed by the Canadian Northeastern Railway bill until satisfactory guarantees are evidenced that the promoters of the said bill can adequately finance the construction and operation of the proposed railway; and that a full enquiry be made in regard to the effect the building of such railway would have upon the future traffic possibilities of the P. G. E., and in regard to the P. G. E. providing the proposed western outlet for the Peace River district." The foregoing is the text of a reso-
VIoran gang, which was shot up, were aDie difficulty but no attention was he chief sufferers. This gang it is paid to this. <
aid had been paying large amounts! Tne indictment brought against the i f money to police officers for pro-i youthful David Williams, by Mr. ection. but their liquor was being! clerihue, was considered as less serious daylight that] (nan that brought against Miss Quinn.!
Prince George, the Peace River and
PRINCE OF WALES WILL
NOT PAY USUAL VISIT
TO CANADA THIS YEAR
hey decided the police were not ex-ending the protection they were pay-ng for, and the protection money was topped. The murder of the gangsters s said to have been the police reply o the members of the Moran gang or withholding of the protection payments.
The Moran gang was headed by "Scarface Al" Capone and George "Bugs" Moran was his chief lieuten-rnt. Capone is now in Miami, Florida and denies all knowledge of the St. Valentine Day killing of his men. That he Is in Florida is due to fear of rival i
His trouble was diagnosed as "habitual but his case was not
Ingenika River. With the n the legislature over the Canadian Northeastern Railway bill there was a hint that the railway cuestion would be up for discussion,
clerk was not gunning for him so earnestly as for Miss Quinn.
The reorganization plan of the city clerk called for not only changes in the personnel at the city hall but for the introduction of a labor-saving which would
president of the board, i id
introduced the railway topic, the members were
He said all in-
in Victoria, that Premier Tolmie had
��
to
Canadian
Northeastern railway bill until the ef-
as to the machine under consideration other than it would cost around $1700, but even a
of the P. G. E. could be ascertained. The P. G. E. was a live issue in Prince George and vicinity and he suggested
Victoria. Feb. 19 �Premier Tolmie gave the province a glimpse today of his policy respecting the settling of the destiny of the P. G. E. railway, lie is not prepared to have the application of the Canadian Norths:ist:-ri Railway Company for a charts;- advanced in ths legislature at thir; thne. As a result the unjsual procedure was taken of indefinitely postponing action upon the bill to g.'vc the said compa-iy the right to build o line of ralVray across the northern portion of the P'-ovince from SteMfrrt to the eastern bo'indary of the province. This is a;;out all that is definitely known at pt-.ent, but spe.r:!�(�.: >n �n the house suggests that Premier Tolmie's action has been prompted by two causes. The one is that he has a likely prospect of disposing of the P. G. E. to the C. P. R. or C. N. R. either collectively or individually, and that he regards the entrance of the Canadian Northeastern at this time as undesirable The other suggestion is that the plans of the promoters of the Canadian Northeastern contemplate an invasion of the field of the P. G. E. which would prejudice a sale of the P. G. E. in the first instance, and militate against successful operation in the event of a sale being made The action of Premier Tolmie does not mean that the Stevens' railway bill has been thrown out by the committee, but simply that the government is not. prepared at this stage to authorize the company to do what it professes a desire to do in the way of providing railway facilities in the northern portion of the province.
The question of the financial ability of the Canadian Northeastern company to carry out its programme, although challenged in the committee, has not been gone into. In the event of the government deciding that it is desirable to have the contemplated railway built the ability of the promoters of the Stewart line will then, be called upon to satisfy the government upon this point. At present the position of the government is that it will not weleome the intrusion of the Canadian Northeastern railway in the P. G. E. field.
A new development in connection with the P. G. E. extension to the Peace River is the shift which has taken place as to the business such a road would be likelji to secure. In the first instance the extension was advocated purely as a grain carrying road. Now it is thought the grain may be-:ome secondary' to minerals, and traf-ic incidental to mineral develooment. Sufficient has been done in the In-;enika district to indicate the most optimistic hopes with respect to it will be realized. That Jn the Ineentka section a new mininec district is being brought in which will rival the famous Sullivan district in southeastern Koot-enay, and the freight possibilities in connection with this development are said to appeal more strongly to the managements of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National than does the probable wheat tonnage.
ne is in i-iorma is due to iear oi rival price of $2500 would not be too great. rf^"'ert will be Avonmouth.
POINCARE GIVEN ST
CONFIDENCE
Feb- 19�Premier Poincare e'yj. j a substantial vote of con- Bovm, e cham�er today when ro 'mcnt's Judicial policy was
effort to round up all gangsters, and secure the arrest of the St Valentine Dmv niurderers but the city record is
no?'vS^SSifl^ I have been seventv-two
! troduced into the city hall. The mayor; em railway as a development project. sought to draw an admission that, but did not believe it would become a seme changes might be made in the i factor in the arain-carrying business duties tissiimprl tn th" two pmr>1nvr>pR ^____ n.. �,____ �-.!___ m*.-__:i____
f hdflllt& hal1-
murders
vhichno, u position of convictions were secured, and m con- j nioar that Mis;
from
Peac& RiV8r" The
cnt's Judicial policy was on a division of 291 to 85.
TRIP ACROSS ATLANTIC IN MARCH
Itt'b announced that
Mil1 make a
States next have been made to
nection with some of them the police failed even to make an arrest.
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WEATHER REPORT
R. B. Cailer, local meteorological agent, predicts fair and warmer weather for the next two days. The maximum and minimum temperature readings for the week ending Tuesday, February 19th, were as follows:
Wednesday....................... 29�5
Thursday ......................... 30�3
Friday ........................... 47 12
["Saturday ................... 20 4
Sunday ................... 20 �22
Monday . ........*........ 29�9
Tuesdav ............. 39 5
would doubtless promote mining de-
m doing was to make veiOpment but the wheat of the prairies ^.... _".�e _mOw! would find its way to Vancouver as at present where the shipping is avail-, . . able. Lack of shipping had prevented
was prepared to extend further tui- the development of Prince Rupert and
fitted into his arrangement at all. He
p
tion to David Williams, but insisted Stewart WOuld be in an even less fa-that the services of Miss Quinn be,vorable portion than Rupert for the
j exporting of grain, i k
dispensed with.
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At the opening of the discussion Al- j Jacob Leith spoke briefly to the ef-derman Moffat expressed himself as; feet that the meeting might profit by
GENE TUNNEY SAYS HE
BECAME FIGHTER TO WIN
FORTUNE FOR BRIDE
Rome, Feb. 19.�Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion of the world, has given to the press a story of his life. Tunney, who is still honeymooning, says he became a prize fighter for the sole purpose of winning a fortune to permit of his marrying his bride. He met the present Mrs. Tunney shortly after his return from naval service. It was a case of love at first sight but the girl was wealthy while Tunney was without means. To equalize matters Tunney decided to enter the ring and pile up enough money to marry the girl of his choice. Wihen he had amassed a sufficient amount his retirement as a fighter followed.
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INFLUENZA BREAKS OUT
AMONG 300 PASSENGERS
ON ICE-BOUND FERRY
Copenhagen. Fe'u. 19.�The captain of the ferry bout Tyr has wirelessed that his vessel is ice-bound in the
of the opinion the views of the city j paying attention to the intimation of Great Delt Channel and ll.ot influen-
clerk should be adopted in the matter j the president and look into the matter 7& is sprea