' 'I - 1/ CITIZEN VOL. 12. No. 43. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929 Five Cent*. . G. Perry Liberal Candidate Next Election Williams Lake Convention Gives Prince George Man The Nomination on First Ballot loseph Graham and C. J. Wilson Di vided Southern Vote While North Vote Was Solid H G. Perry, of Prince George, is " the choice of the Liberals of Cariboo riding as their candidate in the next Federal election. The men from the roithem portion of the'big constituency take their politics more seriously than do the residents of the south, and they went into the Williams Lake convention on Friday strong enough to enforce their will on the first ballot. br J. J. Gillis, of Merritt, was chairman of the convention and welcomed the delegates, following which the convention was addressed by Dugald DonaRhy. of Vancouver, which filled in the morning session. On the convention resuming in the afternoon the several committees reported and a number of resolutions were adopted. When nominations for a candidate were called for Frank Clark, of Prince George, was the first to secure the floor, and in a forceful speech placed the name of H. G. Perry before the convention, as the man best fitted to represent the constituency. Dr. J. J. Gillis, of Merritt, then nominated Joseph Graham of his home city. He urged his nominee's claim upon the ground that he had made the fight in the last election, and was therefore deserving of recognition. j. A. Archibald, of Kamloops, made the third nomination when he named C. J. Wilson, also of Kamloops. Although not very well known in some portions of the ridng he commended him as a good business man, and as of very desirable calibre as the party candidate. The three nominees were then called upon to address the meeting. H. G. Perry thanked his supporters for the| honor of nominating him, but told the | delegates he had attended the con-1 vention solely to advance the welfare ! of the party. He had no thought of J becoming the candidate, and respect- I fully declined the honor. 1 Joseph Graham, who made the race j tor the Liberals in the last el*ction,! thanked his supporters for placing hisj name in nomination and promised tot give the best service he was capable; � of in the event of his election. : C. J. Wilson told the delegates he, was no speaker, but at the solicitation j of a large number of Liberals throughout the riding had consented to allow! his name to go before the convention. | Tf he should be the choice flf the con-, vention he would devote all his ener- gies to winning the fight for the party. Before proceeding to the ballot the supporters of Mr. Perry asked for a recess so that they might discuss matters with their nominee. After a prolonged ,argument the delegates from the northern part of the riding secured Mr. Perry's consent to stand. But one ballot was necessary to determine the choice of the convention. Messrs. Graham and Wilson divided the vote in the southern end of the riding, while the entire vote of the north went to Perry and gave him a majority on the first ballot. - The usual felicitations followed. Dr. Gillis, who had nominated Mr. Graham, congratulated-Mr. Perry on the great strength shown by him in the convention, as also did Mi-. Archibald, who had nominated Mr. Wilson, both assuring the choice of the convention their full support. Dugald Donaghy also complimented Mr. Perry upon carrying the convention in such a convincing manner, and described it as one of the most spirited conventions it had been his privilege to attend. The resoltions adopted by the convention included the usual one expressing confidence in the Federal administration of Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. There was also a resolution dealing with the Peace River railway question. This urged the early construction of a railway into the Peace River district giving direct connection with tidewater on the Pacifc coast. One resolution dealing with the tariff was not very explicit. It recited: "That this convention goes on record as endorsing fully the pronouncement of the minister of finance and of the minister of customs in regard to the proposed increase in the United States tariff, and that it will be the policy of Canada to trade with those countries which facilitate trade with us." In the election of officers Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King was made honorary president, and Joseph Graham and C. J. Wilson, honorary vice-presidents. Frank Clark, of Prince George, was elected president and J. O. Wilson. Prince George, secretary. Vice-Presidents were elected to represent the several provincial divisions in the Federal riding as follows: Dr. J. J. Gillis, Merritt: J. A. Archibald. Kamloops; Robert - Campbell. Horsefly: T. H. Palmer, Salmon Arm; B. B. Smith. Vanderhoof; Dr. W. A. Watson. Pouce Coupe: and J. B. Bryson. Lillooet. The following were elected to places on the executive: George- Chaftaway, Yale; Thomas Howell, Kamloops: John Holt. Quesnel; Robert Turner. Salmon Arm; H. L. Black. Fraser Lake; J. H. Oollett. Yale; "A. J. I,ereerson, Pouce <~!ouoe: and G. B. Wiliams, Prince George. _____ Improved Roads Will CostMore Than Expected City Council Will Show Surplus for Current Year J. C. MacKenzie Reports on Improved Road Construction in City of Edmonton Mayor Patterson Expresses Conviction Prince George Should Stick to Plank Sidewalks The advocates of improved roadways in the business section of the city got a shock on Monday evening when I .*k^jv-j *n* �?-.,-+ t ^ xt��^___.� f�w thn r�omH*rC of Purchase of Site Authorized and Start Council Decides To Proceed With Local Airport Increase In Consumption of Electrical Energy Sufficient To Carry Continuous Service Substantial Cut in The Tax Rate May Be Expected on Showing Made During the Year J. C. MacKenzie told the members of the city council what he had been able to learn as to construction and maintenance costs in the city of Edmonton. The matter was introduced by Alderman Reid. He said there had been considerable discussion on the subject of /itirept improvement, land the construction of permanent sidewalks in the business section, but so far nothing had come of it. He did not assert the city was prepared to undertake work of this nature at present, but he thought the board of public works should be asked to assemble all available information as to j the various kinds of improved streets ' and sidewalks. It should be possible to secure figures as to approximate costs which would be helpful to the council, . especially in considering its sidewalk programme for next year. | Mayor Patterson said he had intended to suggest the board of works Will Be Made in Clearing Necessary Runways Alderman Opie Opposes Any Expenditure on Clearing Until Reduction Made in Tax Levy The city council advanced the municipal airport another stage on Monday evening when the decision was reached to complete the purchase of V. R. Clerihue, city treasurer submitted a statement of tash receipts and disbursements of the city for the first nine months of 1929, as at September 30th, together with an estimate of the cash receipts and disbursements for the full twelve-month period. If the estimate works out the city will finish the year with a surplus of $1,650. He reported the tax collections for the nine-month period as $1,803.07 in excess of the estimate for the year, and the reaching of a new-high percentage of 69.8. The assessable values on the municipal roll re- the 160-acre site from the provincial i main about the same. According to- government, and to expend $500 on an initial move in the clearing of a runway. The matter came up on a recommendation to the council from the finance committee. Mayor Patterson and all of the aldermen favored the recommendation with the exception of Alderman Opie. He favored the purchase of the site, but considered this was as far as the council was warranted in going at the present. He argued the cif.y should conserve its finances for contemplated expenditures at the city power station. be reauested to make a"survey of the Alderman Reid favored proceeding. mate, sidewalk situation throughout the city, with a partial clearing of a runway. � the last levy the tax stood at $57,-168.22. This has been reduced by $615.67 by reason of property reversions, but the taxation total was increased by $675.65 through the sale of reverted lands since the first of the year. The tax levy for the current year was estimated to produce $38,089, and at September the collections stood at $39,892.07. The collections on account of penalties and interest on tax arrears is short of the estimate, but the collection under the several heading is already up $1,591.08 over the esti- i He said an air-mail service was in with a view to framing, a.programme contemplation, and an intimation that for next year. The council had been i forced to starve the sidewalks in the past, but during 1930 it should be possible to go in for a somewhat extensive programme of building. The necessary information should be secured without delay so that a loan bvlaw could be submitted at the ap- a municipal airport would be established in Prince George might bring the planes through this section of the province instead of through the southern portion. If there were no suggestion of an airport in this section there certainly would be less hope of a service via Prince George. Alderman Opie gave it as his opin- Boxing Program Ritts-Kifer Hall Saturday Night The boxing fixture which is scheduled, for the Ritts-Kifer on Saturday evening should -not be mistaken for the usual fisticuff, in which the contest ants set out to wallop each other to the best of their ability in the limied time at their disposal for then-share of the gate. The Saturday night fixture it is hoped will be the first of a series of exhibitions of boxing to be continued throughout the winter months, and in which the boys of Prince George will take a prominent part, with just enough of the heavy stuff introduced to make the venture pay its way. The boxing bouts are the creations of Billie Munroe, of this city, who has been boxing since he was able to stand upon his pins, and who travelled so far along the road as to win the lightweight championship of the British army at Lillers. while serving in France in 1918. Munroe likes boxing so much that he has consented to train the boys of Prince George, and among them he has found some very promising talent. Several of his pupils -will appear in the ring on Saturday night, and he has hopes the mothers and sisters of the boys will turn out and see them in action, as well as their fathers and brothers. The program for the evening appears in another column. Admission charges for Saturday evening will be $1.50 for ringside seats, general admission for adults $1.00, and fifty cents for children. ATTORNEY-GENERAL PRICE DEFENDS LIQUOR CONTROL OF FERGUSON GOVERNMENT St. Marys, Oct. 23.�Hon. W. S. Price attorney-general in the Ferguson government, vigorously defended the liquor-control policy of the provincial government In a speech here last night. He said Premier Ferguson had nothing to fear from the injection of the prohibition issue. That liquor control was an effective temperance measure he said was instanced by a comparison of the police court cases �n Ontario with those of any of the populous states south of the international boundary which had a bone-dry prohibition law. Under government control it had not been necessary for the Ontario courts to cancel any such number of automobile licences of ^drunken drivers as^-had been found necessary in these states. School Bus Hit By C.N.R. Train at Level Crossing Alice Brown of Chilliwack Died In Hospital As Result of a Fractured Skull Jean GUlespic, former resident of Prince George. Was Also Se-' verely Injured *-� � ------- , ,. aiuliiiicin \-/jjic: pave 11 ao mo uiJin- preaching election to the rate-payers. ion tne iandinR fjeld jn central would There was another important consid- De sufficient for all purooses for some eration. It was admitted fir made the j years to come, especially in view of best material for sidewalks; but the local mills do not cut very large quantities of it. If the quantities could be arrwed at the mills would arrange to hold the fir for city requirements. As to road construction he had intended to ask Mr. Mackenzie to give the benefit of such information as he gained during his recent vacation trip as to road construction costs. Mr. j Mackenzie informed the council his investigations had been confined to the work being done in Edmonton. Edmonton, he remarked, was a much bigger place than Prince George, but it is still experimenting with improved roads and sidewalks. The city has some good roads, but there are considerable stretches of roads which are much worse than any of those in Prince George. During his stay in Edmonton he had been shown every courtesy by the city engineer, who went freely into the matter of costs, and expressed a willingness to render him any further assistance in the. montns or more in arrears, and on future. The policy in Edmonton was motiou it was decided that unless a to let the performance of all perman- I material reduction in the arrears is ent work by contract, and it was all j made before the next meeting of" the the fact that the planes used in the district were hydroplanes. Mayor Patterson said the trouble with the Central landing field was the difficulty in nreparin? it whenever a plane soueht to use it. The lands were privately owned, and there was always a squabble about putting them them in conditions - Alderman: Wieland expressed himself as strongly in favor of proceeding with the municipal airport. Alderman Opie persisted in his opposition. He stated the first duty of the council should be the reduction of taxation. The assessment on city lots ! was too high and on top of this th* i city had a high tax-rate. He would oppose any expenditure on the clear-inw of nr> ait-rinrt until relief were given to the property owners. The motion to adopt the recommendation was moved by Alderman Griffith, seconded by Alderman Wieland. and on being put was declared carried. Alderman Opie had his vote recorded in the negative. The better-housing committee re- Jean Gillespie, of Sardis, who was severely injured in the railway"crossing accident on the Yale Road, in the vicinity of Chilliwack. on Monday afternoon, was a former resident of this city, her father having been employed for several years as a teamster by R. J. Garvey. , There were twenty-three high school pupils travelling in the bus from Chilliwack to East Sardis when it was struck by a C. N. R. freight train at the crossing of the Yale road. The bus was struck by the train with sufficient force to throw it clear of the track and demolish it against a stout telegraph pole. Alice Brown, a Chilliwack girl, aged 14, received a fractured skull and died in the Chilliwack hospital shortly after being admitted. Jean Gillespie is also thought to have received a fractured skull but she will probably recover. Ten other children were more or less seriously injured in the smash, among them Phyllis Hick-man, a girl of 16, a resident of Chilliwack. and a niece of Mrs. Martin S. Caine, of this city. /'*";, Mrs Caine is in receipt of a tele-grarri from Chiliwack. informing her that Miss Hickman is not seriously injured, and that Miss Gillespie. whose injuries"were first believed to be of a fpf.nl nature, is on the road to recovery. j . / The bus has made the trip twice doily since th? resumption of the school term. Isaac McMullen, the driver of the bus escaped uninjured. He says he did not see or hear the approaching train until it was right upon him. and the statement has been made that he failed to bring his bus to a stop before crossing the track. The freight train was in charge of Conductor W. Leddy, of Vancouver, and was driven by Frank Cadlick; also of Vancouver. Officials of the railway company assert there is a clear view of the railway track from both sides of the railway crossing. An inquest is being held to fix the blame for the accident. brought under the local improvement plan, even to the gravelling of the roadways. While there are still many wooden sidewalks in Edmonton, the (Continued on page 4.) Bill Kitchener Did Not from the Bridge Jump I council the matter will be placed in the hands of the city solicitor for collection. The council approved of the sale of lot 18, block 133, on Fourth avenue, to the telephone company for $263.40, the amount of tax arrears. This is the third lot from the corner of Quebec street, and may become the new home of the telephone company. Trades licences have been well collected with a total of $5,526.50 as against an estimate of $5,000. Police court fines stood at $3,751.50 for the nine months with three months remaining to produce the total estimate of $4,000. Fees and special taxes are down, and there is slight prospect of reaching the estimate. For the nine months they stood at $2,018.25 on an estimate of $4,000. Miscellaneous revenues were reported at $903.34 for the nine months with an estimate of $1500 for the full year. For the nine months the electric lighting plant is shown upon'the ba^is of cash receipts and disbursement to have a deficit of $4,624, but there is reason to believe it will show a good surplus for the full year. The plant has yet to be credited with $7,000 for street lighting and $3700 for pumping charges so that its earnings will not be very much altered despite the reduction made in the lighting charges. With three of the heaviest months in the year to go the collections on account of rates amounted to $21,976.46 and fees $362.00, or a total of $22.-338.46 for the nine month period, with the estimate for the full year standing at $38,800. Operating expenses charged against the service total $16,-521.96, bringing out an operating surplus of $5,816.50. Against this is charged the sum of $10,440.83 on account of interest and sinking fund, presumably covering the entire twelvemonth period, and on a strictly cash receipt basis the service is shown to be behind $4,624.33 on the nine-month period. With the big months of the year to come, and the interest and sinking fund charges already met the service will show a very satisfactory return over the twelve-month period. The waterworks utility shows a total cash receipt for the nine months of $10,299.67., including $272 for connection fees. It is short approximately $5,000 on the estimate, but this doubtless included ail allowance to the service for civic departmental purposes. The cash expenditures for operation over the nine-month period is given at $1,736.98. leaving an operating surplus of $8,562.6fl. This in turn has been charged by the city treasurer mand uj>on P. Pavich for $12.50 as I representing the damage to the silent j policeman at the intersection of Van-' couver street and Third avenue, which was knocked over by a car under hire from Pavich. Was Picked Un Bv The Police At Gis- On the recommendation of Sergeant ; tne teiepnuue uuuipany. i oeen cnaruea Qy one city treasurer The council decided to make a de- | with $15,295.13 on account of interest P Pih f $1250 come and Brought Back Here For Examination sane and He Will Be Taken To Essondale On the recommend g service the council decided to amend [the Traffic By-law so as to prohibit I the parking of cars within fifteen feet ------- j of street intersections. The amend- Dr H S Trefry Pronounces Man In- ! ing by-law was put through its initial ������ stages on motion of Alderman Gnf- ! fith seconded by Alderman Reid. On motion of Alderman Opie. se- .------- I conded by Alderman Wieland. the pub- Bill Kitchener the German who j lie works committee was given a special caused SS?SSte4t u�t week with | vote ^^O^ Jfgj ^proceed his threats to end his life by jumping |�io�ef ^vge street and Sev-off 'the railway bridge, is still in the j ertn avenue. land of the living. When the disap- > 'rphe fjnallce committee recommend-pearance of Kitchener was reported ed the pavment of accounts amount-to Sergeant Service, along with his ! ing to $1,425.09. suicide threat, a search of the river \ �------------�------------- banks was instituted as far south as , WILL HON. W. D. EL'LER ; LEAVE FEDERAL CABINET ON LIQUOR EXPORT ISSUED the Fort George canyon, but without j result, and as no one had -seen Kit- | chener on the bridge the police were I by no means confident of finding his j body in the river. The missing man was picked up this week by the police at Giscome and brought to Prince George for medical examination. Dr. H. S. Trefry had him under observation for a short time and pronounced him mentally unbalanced and- the necessary papers were made out for his commitment to the hospital for the insane at Essondale. Although known generally as Kitchener the authorities believe the man's proper name is Kittner. He was a resident of Prince Gebree but a few days before he divulged his intention to suicid? and disappeared. So far as can be learned he has no rela- making it illegal to export liquor to and sinking fund, so that the operating surplus is changed into a deficit of $6,732.44 for the nine months. This is a marked gain for the service as the deficit will be considerablv cut bv the end of the year bv the allowance for various credits. The deficit on operation for the vear 1928 was shown at $7,081 after all charges had been provided for. The chief interest in the municipal financial statement is the bearing it will have upon the mill-rate for the ensuing year, and the statement uncje-review by the members of thy city council was a very hopeful one. Prince George has been struggling alon^ since incorporation under the sincrle-tax system, no levy for taxation bein;i made upon imDrovements. This had the effect of forcing un the mill-r^to win real pronertv and resulted in considerable forfeitures of vacant lots to the city. The assessment was also high upon the land valuations, and as a first measure of relief the council decided to reduce the assessments. Three reductions of 10 per cent have been made, but this kept the fnill-rate up, and last ye*r it stnoH a*" **'. On the showing in the statement con- Ottawa Oct. 23.�There is consider- sidered by the aldermen on Mondav able speculation in political circles as ~......:.......* �-�'-� >�� �"-'� <~ � to whether Hon. W. D. Euler. minister of national revenue, will be forced out of the Federal cabinet as the result of his disagreement with Premier King on the question of the prohibition of the export of liquor to the United States. During the last session of parliament Hon. Mr. Eule'r spoke very strongly against the prohibition of liquor exports. Since then he has been on a visit to Europe and durinar his absence the matter of srovemment policy on liquor exports has taken such definite form as to suggest that it will come up in the house for enactment, evenine it should be oossible to cut the mill-rate for 1930 to something under 50, and with the maturing of a large number of the municipal bonds during the year the rate for 1931 should bn cut at least another five mills, and the necessity to apologize for it will have passed. LINER BREMEN REDUCES FORMER RECORD FOR ATLANTIC CROSSING Newr York. Oct. 23.�The North German Lloyd liner Bremen on her arrival here yesterday established a new record for the crossing of the Atlantic from Cherbourg, making the run in tives or intimate friends in tnis sec- any -country which has adopted pro- ! four dnvs. seventeen hours and tweiity- tion of the province. hlbition laws. four minutes.