PRINCE GEORGE 12. No. 27. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY. JULY 4. 1929. Five Cents <-----------~~ i| DER \ � DERBY SWEEPSTAKE PRIZES At First Day of Meeting; Was Largest in History of Prince G<-orge . Association Provided Ex-Vcuiiit Attractions for Dominion Day Celebration The Dominion Day celebration which ft. conducted Monday and Tuesday, the auspices of the Prince Agricultural and Industrial the iU1. is conceded to have been S most successful of those sponsored � the local fair organization. The So-day race moot was the big feature o the" celebration, but to this there � added attractions which rounded 'two full days of entertainment for he citizens and their visitors. Sunday gave promise that a month or rainV weather had been ended, and encouraged a large number of people u the surrounding districts^ came to Since George and take in the show. ?Rfe to say the city had a greater number of visitors on Monday than 2 any other day in its history and as f St there was a record breaking attendance at the exhibition grounds. Due o reputation which the fair association has built up for fair dealing. and liberality in the matter of purses. �Traces this year attracted a greater number of horsemen, and the quality of the r entries improved along with the mcrease in their number. The rac-ng events were uniformily good, and he intervals betweeh them were filled , with bucking contests which afforded a very pleasing diversion. The Prince George band was in attendance at the race track during both afternoons and rendered pleasing pro-ciammes under the leadership of W. L. Hornsbv. The band also gave a con-cert on Sunday evening in front of the city hall, which could be heard all over the city, and added.greatly to the measure of appreciation of the d as the city's pioneer musical or- br r ganization The heavy rain on Monday night caused a great number of the visitors to fear there was another wet spell on the way and rather than take a chance a shifting of the weights might easily have changed the result, the light jockey weighing but 85 pounds and the heaviest one 135. Lady Herode. the winner of last year's derby was ridden by Edwards, but failed to catch a place. The time for the mile and one-eighth, as anounced by the judges was 1:47 4-5 the best ever made on the local track. Prince George Derby�1 1-8 mile, open�Past Age. Norman jockey, Adam Hay. owner; Somers Son, Cook jockey, Durand Stables owner; John Franklin, James jockey, E. S. T. Johnston owner; Joe Brush Sherman jockey, William Sherman owner; Lawnmower, Thomas jockey, Budd Stables owner; Lady-smith, Dick jockey; Lady Herode. Edwards jockey Windy Hill Stables own* er. Won by Somers Son with John Franklin second, and Fast Age third. Time 147 4-5. In the pony race, Tony Bellos, riding Prince, won from a field of five. Newman on Pinto was second, and Robertson, on Fleetfoot, was third. The Cariboo Stakes was taken by Dora Fore of the Archer Stables of Edmonton after a stiff race with Lady Herode. The Kamloops mare made a great showing as the Cariboo Stakes was brought on within thirty minutes from the running of the derby. The start in this race was the slowest in the afternoon. As the horses came abreast of the stand Dora Fore was slightly in the lead with Towton and Lady Herode contending stoutly for second place. It was a race between the three of them. The Edmonton entry kept a length or so in front with Towton and Lady Herode fightins it out for second money. Coming into the stretch Lady Herode was extended to her limit but the best she could do was to slip ahead of Towton for second place. In the Vanderhoof Stakes last year Dora Fore was bested by Towton. Cariboo Stakes, %-mile open�Towton, Cook jockey. William Sherman J This year the management of < the Dominion Day celebration S put all of the proceeds of the sale of sweepstake tickets into the pool after the commission on the sale had been paid, as well as the cost of printing, etc. After paying the sales commission there remained $657.00. The printing and other expenses were fixed at $57 and the remainder � went into the pool to be divided among the winners. Ticket 1306. held by W. R. Hudson drew Somers Son the wirier, and will take down S350. Ticket 1139, held by Thomas Me- . Laughlin. drew John Franklin and wins S150. Ticket 1571. held .by C. A. Pyne, drew Fast Age which ran third, and wins $75. Ticket 1138 held by A. Parent, drew Joe Brush, finishing fourth i and won. $25.00. British Plane Effects Rescue of Spanish Fliers Airmen Had Been Drifting On Atlan- j tic For Four Days In Their j Damaged Machine Failed To Reaoh Azores As First Stop On Attempted Flight Across The Atlantic Trimming to Local Ball Team Mill town Players Turn Out Best Exhibition of the Game on Duchess Park This Season Thomas Plans to Find Work for Jobless Army Two Road Construction Projects Will Be Undertaken at an Estimated Cost of CS7,500,Od Minister of Unemployment Will Visit Canada To Study Industrial ;'.nil Trade C:,m�itions London. July 4�The plans of Hon. J. H. Thomas, minister of unemployment in the new Labor government, have the greatest interest for the people of Great Britain. The leaders of the Labor party promised early relief in the event of their party bein^ charged with the administration of the nation's affairs. The working out of the plan to decrease unemployment is the first duty of the minister and the nation Is waiting anxiously for his suggested solution. Part of the plan has been made known. It calls for a radical change in the equipment of owner; Dot a Fore Archer jockey, A/ch- J the"raUways substitu'tfng "steel ties" for Capilano. Moore j wooden ones at present used largely thc 'weather'they went home on the , , g train or by auto. They made | 1;Q6 er Stables owner; jockey; Adam Hay wards jockey. Windy Hill Stables owner. Won' pleas ' followed. The exodus of and steel cars for the wooden ones at present in use. These changes arr> v� tore cut the attendance at the race track but otherwise the celebration was as successful as could be wished. The celebration was officially opened by John A. Fraser, of Quesnel. repre-� native for Cariboo in the house of parliament, who was introduced by President F. D. Taylor. Mr. F asei in a brief, happy speech, complimented the celebration management upon their excellent arrangements, and especially upon their good fortune in the matter of weather following a month ol rain. As the celebration appeared to have struck its stride before he had been called upon he questioned whether it stood in need of an official open-in... but if it did he was "leased to officiate to declare it officially opened, and to express the wish that everyone in the large audience would ha\e a very enjoyable day. He commended the playing of the ponies, as all who lost money on them would have another year in which to make a stake for the next celebration. The Horse Racing The racing on the first day of the celebration was easily the best seen on 'he local track and it was made plain the same was much too fast for^ tne stables entry Kilouri. covered the same distance as that of the Cariboo Stakes in the same time as that made by Dora Fore. It made its first appearance and the wise on?s had picked Echo to Time I expected to increase the employment in the steel industry. Hon. J. H. Thomas also proposes the rebuilding of the Waterloo bridge, and the dispatch of trade commissioners London. July 3.�The British aircraft carrier Eagle which rescued Commander Ramon Franco, Major Gon-gales Gallarz, Capt. Ruiz, and Sergeant Pedro Madariaga, after the fliers, had been missing for seven days, is expected to reach Gibraltar today. A i message from the Eagle states the Spanish airmen were within forty miles of the point at which they had decided to land when they were forced into the sea. The four men left Alcazares airdrome, Cartagena. Spain, at 4:50 p.m. Friday. June 21st. They passed over Cadiz and last, were heard about midnight Friday in a radio message saying they had passed Cape San Vincent, Portugal, and were heading out to sea. The aviators had been missing no more than 24 hours before it was generally acknowledged they had failed to reach the Azores, first stop in their projected flight to New York a week ago. The missing airmen were picked up on the Atlantic at a point barely 100 miles southeast of the Island of Santa Maria on the tip of the Azores archipelago, the airmen were reported all well by the British rescue ship. Even their plane, a huge two-motored Dor-nier-Wall. was salvaged, although slightly .damaged. They had been float-ine on the stoiiny Atlantic for seven full days. s - The position reported by the Eagle indicated that the Spanish airmen had either flown or drifted a considerable distance toward the Island of Santa Maria after they were last definitely reported bv the British SS. Greldon, which heard the sound of their motors dp to' the dominions and colonies to study trade conditions with a view to increasing the nation's exports. The show the way to Firefly and pick off j new minister proposes to move quiclr- the first money. It did pot work ou that way as Kilouri shot;"into the lead and was never headed. Echo, th Archer stable entry which ran second to Firefly In the half-bred race las year finished second and the third place went to Cariboo Girl. Vanderhoof Stakes. "A-mile. horses winnig money in the Derby and Cariboo Stakes barred�Cariboo Girl. Mouse jockey; Kilouri. Norman jockey: Adan Hay owner; Echo, Archer jockey, Archer stables owner: Sunset, Dick jockey Firefly Birley Stables owner. jockey. Won by Windy Hil Kilouri. with g former favorites Firefly and ^ Herode. The Prince George Derby. the big event of the meet, was as pretty a race as one could wish to see. There were seven horses sent away from the post. They got an excellent start and came in front of the judges stand on virtually even terms. On trie nest turn Somers Son shoved outm front with John Franklin and Fast Ai.. holding fast on his flank. From this point to the finish the race was between thjese three, joiners bon from time to time would show a burst of speed but John Franklin and Fast Age would respond to the urge of their riders and close the gap. but they lacked the driving power to overtake the Edmonton entry. In one, two three order they passed the judges stand on the second lap. and the struggle was continued for the last hall of the race with relatively little change, in position. Entering the stretch John Franklin moved up on Somers Son. The Johnson entry made a game race of it. The whips were freely used but Somers Son was not to be cheated and shot under the wire a length to the good with Fast Age close behind John Franklin. It was easily the best race seen in Prince George. The horses were the best entered in any of the local meets. The race was.started well and ridden well throughout. It was run at catch heights and so closely contested that. Firefly second and Cariboo Girl third Time, 1:06. In the Telkwa Stakes, an open event at 7-8 mile, Somers Son was sent in again and proved a winner after a ^ood race. The Edmonton entry was not called upon to extend himself very much. He led the way around the track followed by Fast Age and Joe Brush, a local entry.owned by William Sherman. Lawnmower made the fourth entry in this rnce but the company was too fast and the Penticton entry did not get"a' place. There were lengths separating the winners as they passed under the wire. Capilano was Scratched when the race was called. Telkwa Stakes�7-8-mile open�Som-�rs Son, Cook jockey. Durand Stables: Joe Brush, Archer jockey, William Sherman owner: Fast Age, Norman 'ockey. Adam Hay owner; Lawnmower Thomas jockey. Budd Stables owner. Won by Somers Son. with Fast Age -rrbrid and Joe Brush third. Time 1:34 2-5. In between the races a number of bucking contests were staged and oroved a source of amusement to the 'nrce audience which by common consent moved up in front of the corr.als it the end of each race. The buckers were not so good and the riding was not up to that seen on the track on previous occasions but the forces were svenly balanced and a very pood entertainment resulted. The wild horse race which closed the track events each afternoon was as good "as any seen. There was an exciting scrimmage in front of the grand stand as th�� riders attempted to get saddles on half a dozen of the wild ones. The best fight of all was put up by a vonn which was held by a lasso around its neck. It spent a great deal of the time on.its hind legs striking out, (Continued on Page Five) ly with the trad? survey and will have the commissioners travel to their re-si.v-fiive destination'; by planes. In view of the recent increase in the Ur.i-t-d States tariff against Canadian imports, and the overtures which have been received from the Canadian government with a view to increasing trade between Canada and Great Britain. Canada is regarded as the most promising field for British expansion. In addition to these plans for increasing employment the minister has two road-building proposals on which he intends to expend �37.500.000. He promises also to make a visit to Canada immediately following the rising of the present parliament for the pur-nose of acquiring first-hand knovlerlce of industrial and trade conditions within the Dominion. Hon. Winston Churchill. former Conservative chancellor of the ex-chejuer, has intimated that the Conservative party intends to give the new government full opportunity to work out its. proposed policy for the betterment of the employment situation. The Liberal party does not ap-oear to be as frieririlv as a eroun of members have decided to move an amendment to the king's speech on the unemployment issue and challenging the remedies proposed. -------------o------------. DAILY MAIL SERVICE COMES INTO EFFECT NEXT SUNDAY Postmaster Alex Wimbles has received notice from District Superintendent Murray, of Vancouver, that the baggnge-car mail service, which is to .supplement the tri-weekly mail-car service, will go into effect on Sunday next, and continue as long- as the daily train service. The service will be given on trains l^os. 5 and 6. operating between Edmdnton and Prince Rupert, and will commence with train No. 5. due to leave Edmonton on Sun-tinv. and with train No. 6, due to leave Prince George on the same date. o-----------_ JOE WRIGHT AND.GUEST WIN PRELIMINARY HEATS FOR DIAMOND SCULLS about 175 miles southwest of Santa Maria on Saturday morning, twelve hours after they had left Cartagena for the Azores on the first lap of their flieht to New York. The Eagle was sent out by the British admiralty several days ago with orders to search the strip of ocean between the coast of Portugal and the islands. It carried twenty-four planes aboard. The Eagle was diverted on her way to Gibraltar. -------------o------------- ANNUAL FIELD DAY WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT THE ILLUSTRATION FARM The Dominion experimental farms branch will hold a field day on the illustration station at Pineview on the farm of A. & J. Blackburn, on Friday. July 5th. and at Salmon Valley on the farm of J. S. Johnson on Saturday afternoon July 6th. Dean F. M. Clement. University of British Columbia and D. G. Dennv poultry specialist, Summerland. will address the meetings. A. E. Richards will conduct the visitors on a tour of the station fields and discuss the work of the illustration stations, and the growing alfalfa in central British Columbia. Williams Lake Was D2icated In Lc�;-c Game With Prince George on Sunday Afternoon Prince George divided the honors of the celebration � by taking the Sunday game from Williams Lake and receiving a sound drubbing from the Giscome team. Those who saw the two games could Hardly realize the locals played the same team in the two games. In the twilight game on Monday evening Giscome used Hutton in the box. He was fast and the locals were not able to solve him, being turned back with four scattered hits, while the visitors were pounding Harper for eleven and the Prince George infield was proving to be a�s loose as a sieve, the hot, corner and shortstop getting into the error column for a total count of eight. The Sunday Game Prince George took the first of the ball games on Sunday afternoon before a fair-sized crowd. The visitors started out with a new pitcher who was counted upon to fool the locals, but it did not work out that way. Merryweather did not have very good control, his team mates did not give him much in the way of support, and he was taken out in the latter part of the fourth inning when Prince George had piled up 14 runs, as the net result of seven hits, six errors and three passes and four passed balls or wild pitches. In the second they touched Merryweather up for five hits, which with a couple of passes and a passed, ball went for another four runs In the third inning Muirhead got on the circuit as the result of a fumble at second. He stole second, went to third on a passed ball and was scored on a double to center off Wilson's bat. Wilson went to third on a passed ball GOVENMENT SIGNS ON �� DOTTED LINE ON THE BEAUHARNOIS CANAL Ottawa. July 3.�The agreement for the construction of the Beauharnois canal which is to connect Lake St, Francis and Lake' St. Louis, on the St. Lawrence River, as sanctioned by the members of the government was signed' on Saturday on behalf of the Federal government. The construction of this canal it is predicted will be the most outstanding development in Cnnnda in many years, placing Ontario on the same basis as Quebec in reaching the European markets. ---------------o--------------- LIGHTNING HIT BARN ON AUSTRALIAN RANCH DURING STORM ON TUESDAY Henley. July 3.�-Joe Wright, junior, and Jack Guest, members' of the Toronto Argonauts, won their preliminary heats in the/diamonds sculls today when they defeated P. H. Purslpw and J. E. Hewens. respectively. Quesnel, July 4�Lighning on Tuesday killed a cow at the Australian Ranch, one of the show places in Cariboo, the property of the Yorston and scored when he tricked the infield into trying to cut him off at the plate on a weak hit by Corless. Taft scored Corless with a long hit into deep center, which would have been good for three bases for a man under fifty, but Taft climbed up on the first sack and ! smiled his content at the fans. McMillan opened the fourth with a hit to second, stele second and went to third on a passed ball. He came across on a long hit by Muirhead over first which went for three bases. Wilson son scored him with a hot drive through the center of the diamond, which went through three of the visitors, and was scored on a hit by Izow-sky into left field. After he had given Corless two wide ones Merryweather was taken out and Mellish relieved him and put some pep into the game. He completed the pass to Corless but struck out Guile. Taft then came (Continued on page 6) ------------o------------- LOCAL ELKS PROVIDED LOT OF AMUSEMENT WITH MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS The Midway adjunct to the celebration, as presented by the members of B. P. O. Elks, provided a lot of amuse -ment during the two days-of the eel�:-bration and the active members of the order deserve no small measure of. credit for the manner in which they 'proceeded to extract money from citizens and visitors by their painless methods. It is said they took over the Midway concession with a view to raising funds for the building of their new hall, and when they closed up on Tuesday evening the concensus of opinion was that they had raised enough for everything except the shingles; During the first day rf their barking they proved formidable competitors for the betting booths, and it was not until their salesmen became too hoarse to talk that the crowd began to plav the ponies. The Midway moved with the crowd. In the morning and evening it had its headquarters on Geome street, where a circus was put on. all forms of necromancy and blsck art were practised and whore seerp from South handed out sure tips on the races at so much per tip. While fhe races were on the Midway was shifted Brothers. It knocked down a barn full of other cows in their places in steel stanchions, and laid out Ed. Wilson, the hired man, who was just entering the doorway as the flash occurred. Fortunately no damage was done to the lame barn, one of the most up-to- j the association, date dairy structures in the upper country. Wilson was on his feet before the count of ten. much sooner than some of the cows, and one. u splendid milk cow, failed to rise at all. -------------o------------ to the- exhibition grounds find the game went on without the loss of a beat. The fair management is considering the engagement of !he Elks for the next celebration with a view to retiring the outstanding bond? of SIR HENRY THORNTON SAY'S C. N. R. WILL HAVE SHIPS IN SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE Halifax, July 4.�Sir Henry Thornton, nresident ot the C. N. R. svsrem. In discussing the *futkrd of Halifax as a port, intimated that within a very short time the C. N. R. will have vessels plying between this port. and several points in South America. WEATHER REPORT R. B. Carter, local meteorological agent predicts fair and warm weather for the next few days with light to. moderate winds. The maximum and minimum temperature readings for the week ending Tuesday, July 2nd. follow: Wednesday.............................. 63 48 Thursday ...................'.............- 69 40 Friday T..,,....\.........:............,. . . 69 47 Saturday................................... 65 46 Sunday.......................................68 35 Monday ...................................... 75 44 Tuesday .................................... 70 52