PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN v'OL. 12. No. 38 PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1929. Five Cents. Cancellation of Bonds Subject of Pending Enquiry Mayor Patterson Repudiates Action of City Clerk in Cancelling Bonds Before Maturity �Enquiry Will Proceed When Legal Question Involved Has Been Definitely Settled The action of City Clerk Clerihue in cancelling before their maturity �pi ince George municipal bonds purchased by the city as sinking -fund investment will be made the subject of discussion at the next meeting of the. city council. Attention was called to the' matter by Mayor Patterson at the council meeting on Monday evening. He said it had been brought to his notice that bonds recently pur-ma seel by the city as sinking fund investments had been cancelled by the city clerk in contravention of the poli-rv decided upon some years ago. The GROUP OF ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS JAILED BY THE POLICE IN BELLEVILLE Bellevile, Sept. 17.�The police have succeeded in arresting two men and two women who are suspected, in connection with a systematic looting of Canadian banks. Those arrested are Walter Lasher, credited with a Sing Sing record. Fred Bruher, of Toronto, and Maude Mulhool and Mary Rawlin-son. Landing Field Given Approval Of Air Board Title Can Be Secured By The City From Government For Nominal Consideration Cost of Clearing and Preparing Can Be Spread Over Three or Four Years The municipal landing field was is knowledge. The procedure in the matter of practice of cancelling the bonds before brought somewhat nearer at the rneet-marurity he held was illegal, the can- i ing of the city council on Monday ev-cellation had taken place in the face j ening when the decision was reached his express instruction and without i to approach the officers of the Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association with a view to arranging a trade of lands. Since Mayor Patterson started the project of establishing a municipal airplane landing field a year ago there have been rather important developments. One of these was the building of a highway to connect the site of the proposed field with the city by a direct road, which has brought it within one and a half treating City of Prince George bonds purchased by the city had been settled by H. J. Paisley: city auditor, who contended the bonds should not be cancelled in advance of maturity. The of the auditor was known as his own decision arrived at ruling well as after the matter had been passed upon bv the auditor. Mayor Patterson inti- mated he was not desirous of discuss- j miles distance. The second was the ing the matter until the legal issue | approval of! the site by the air authorities at Ottawa, which has paved the way for action by the municipal council Some time ago Mayor Patterson took up the matter of the purchase of 160 acres with the provincial authorities and ascertained the same could be acquired for municipal purposes at a nominal price of' $3.00 per acre. The site having now received the stamp of approval from Ottawa the members of the city council, as well as several of the officers of the agricultural association, made a further inspection of the land yesterday afternoon as a result of which it is expected the purchase will be completed and a start made on preparing the site as a landing field. For district flying hydroplanes will be used for many years, as the lakes of ford excellent landing facilities, but for an established air service with points on the outside a landing field is regarded as imperative. The way has been opened by which the city can acquire a very suitable site at a nominal cost, and with a modest ap-oropriation for clearing each year, the field will materialize by the time it is required. could be finally determined. He might be wrong in his contention that cancellation of a bond before its maturity is an illegal proceeding but he pro-nosed to make sure of his position. He proposed to ask the city solicitor for his opinion on the matter and he also proposed to secure the opinion of Robert Baird, inspector of municipalities as well as that of the city auditor. When the matter of the legality of the cancellation of the bonds has been determined the authority for the cancellation will be made the matter of enquiry by the council. No discussion of ihe matter took place at the meeting on Monday evening. Public Reception to be Tendered Hon. J. H. King British Columbia's Representative in Ottawa Cabinet on Tour of the Province Minister Will Have Meeting With Officers of Legion To Discuss Soldier Questions Hon. Dr. J. H. King, minister of health and pensions in the Mackenzie King administration, will arrive in Prince George on Saturday morning. Hen. Dr. King is on a speaking tour of British Columbia centers, and his mission is largely that of taking the edge off the tariff criticism of Hon. R. B. Bennett, K. C, which featured the recent tour of the Conservative leader. By reason of the fact that Dr. King will only have Saturday evening available he will not address the electors of this city. While in the city the minister will confer with the local officers of the Canadian Legion on matters of interest to the returned men. This meeting will be held in the Legion building at 4 o'clock on Saturday, afternoon and all returned men are invited to attend. During the evening a public reception will be tendered to the visiting minister by the citizens in the ballroom of the Prince George hotel. This will be a non-political gathering, and an1 invitation is extended to all residents of Prince George and surrounding districts to take advantage of the opportunity presented of renewing their acquaintance with him. Prior to entering the federal political field Hon. Dr. King represented East Kootenay in the provincial leeisbstiir< for several years, and with the defeat of the Bowser administration became minister of .public works in the Brew-ster government. He quited this past to accept the portfolio of minister of works in the cabinet-King. of Mackenzie Four appointments have been made to the list of commissioners for registering voters in the Prince George electoral district: Alfred Holmwood. Rufus W. C. Miljure, Robert Herman Redel, Ernest Thompson. Big interests j Mammoth Copper Ledge Moving in Power ! r , r !. , � Developement TOUnd Last Ot the Morgan Syndicate Has Acquired Lands On Both Shores of the St. Lawrence River Hon. Charles Stewart Asserts Canada Will Not Permit Export of Electrical Energy Ottawa, Sept. 18�There is much speculation here bearing on the development of the St. Lawrence waterway. President Hoover in a recent address, on this development foreshadowed early progress. Just wnat the president referred to is not quite clear here. It is known that the Frontier Corporation has acquired lands fronting on both sides of the St. Lawrence, as well as a large number of islands. These lands have been acquired in the Mor- City Offices to Be Kept Open in The Forenoon Council Decides Staff of Three Will Permit Reversion to the Former Office Hours Atlas Exploration Company Will Probably Give Province a New-Mining District Outcrop of Ledge Traced For 700O Feet and Width Varies From 25 to 50 feet gan interests. W. Lamont, the City Library Continues To Extend Its Usefulness and Has 172 Regular Readers That another important mining district has been located on the upper reaches of the Finlay river is the conviction of "Mort" Teare, who, for the past six weeks, has been' prospecting in that section in the interests of the Atlas Exploration Company of Mon- treal. The find made by Teare and his associates, John Banchard and �~�:,, , , i Ludwig Smaaslet, consists of a strong W. J. Pitman submitted a report on lcdge carrying copper ore. They had city library matters to the members of the city council on Monday even- not the time or equipment to accomplish much in the way of opening the gan interests. x. W. Lamoni, tne ;nci tTip lihrarv hnq nnw 179 rpmibr j , I i.i� 1 , ji: - r.""�:---- �Doskesman of these interests statps' ^ "Diaiy nas now 1/^ regular, ledge> but tliey traced it for 7000 feet, .posKesman oi tnese interests, states, readers, of whom 40 are of school age. | and a* no noint dirt if aniwir in h*vt> no ripfin t.p nlan bn.q hppn fnrmn ntwi mi,� e__*�� +v,_ ��.� ^* fv.^ hk^o^,, <- ' puuit aia It appeal to nave The fee for the use of the library is | a widtn of less tnan twenty-five feet, SI.00 per annum for adults and 50; nnd In several places the width exceed-cents for children. With the recent > ed f jfty feet V municipal grant of $100 the library! Therein matter is a nice-looking " be able to finance for the rest of j hcavily mineralized copper ore, which no definite plan has been formulated | for the development proposed by them, and that they are willing to co-operate in a state development. Hon. Charles Stewart, minister of the interior, in an interview here made it plain that Canada is not acting in concert with the Morgan interest. He said the government is aware of the purchases that have been made but is not privy to the Morgan plans. He said it could be definitely stated the Canadian government will not permit the will the year. ! will probably carry gold and silver as This part of the librarian's report well as copper values, but as yet no was received by the members of the council with evident satisfaction, but when Mr. Pitman proceeded to sketch in a library development which would provide a reading room and rest room for out-of-town visitors the members export of electrical energy produced Of the council cooled off. and the re- through hydro development of Canadian waters. Premier King has invited Premier Ferguson to attend a conference on October 2nd at which an effort will be made to reconcile the positions of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec with that of the federal government on the power question. At this conference the press will be excluded. Marked Groivth In Air Services In Dominion Business Volume For Current Year Will Treble That For The Year 1928 v Express Company Is Making Extensive Use of Planes In Eastern Provinces BODY OF IVOR SMAASLET VICTIM OF SNOWSLIDE BURIED NEAR DESERTER'S PEAK The body of Ivor Smaaslet the Prince George trapper missing since January. *.��? been buried by the provincial nolice in the vicinity of Deserter's Peak on the Finlay River, a short distance above the mouth of the Ingen-ika. With the news of the finding of the body about a month ago the provincial police sent Constable Joe Howe, accompanied by Coroner Dr. H. S. Trefry) %o investigate 'the cause of death. It meant a round trip of more than one thousand miles but in matters of violent deaths in remote sections trips of this nature are but an incident in police work. Coroner Trefry found upon enquiry that Smaaslet hnd been caught and buried in a snowslide at an approximate depth of eighty feet. The body was buried near the pcene of the slide ir> the district in which Smaaslet had been operating his trapline. HON. DR. BRETT DIES IN CALGARY AFTER ILLNESS Calgary,. Sept. 13�Hon. Dr. Robert j. Brett,, who for tvo tmns fil'so tne office of lieutenant-"ovornor and was �jnc of the best known men in western Canada, died here yesterday following