PRINCE   GEORGE   CITIZEN. .THURSDAY, AUGUST
Marked Growth ide Last Year in B.C. Industry
-Total Payroll Made Gain of #6,-016 024 to Reach High Mark of #145,120,32,5
FIRMS INCREASE Bi| 200
precrntage Earnings of Workers was Lowered by Depression offcast Part of Year,-    ^
,!^fbor- the p S  Scurate^nermometer of indus^1 '!?�? conditions in the province  as is-u      ,Sv   This total is an increase of 88 994,462 over the 1928 figure.   ; � � � -fhi  report of    the>   department is T � nn the returns of 5065 firms, as ' WMmst  4846  firms reporting in  1928. r        thUp  reports,: Deputy Minister MverHtfVes the actual payroll totals Sded and makes his above estimate 1   me entire payroll of the province.
He
i payroll of $145,120,325, cov-5065 firms reporting for 1929. e of some $8,336,000 over vear, when the-total was V-R4 484   for   1928.   $130,074,021   for ,S'9S129.420.599 for 1926.  and.  $U5.-
ering
is
the
 outside conditions  th   �V 1929-
last two months, these have been different.
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LOCAL TENNIS-CLUB
DEFEATS GISCOME
The Giscome Tennis Clubjmtertain-
come had  to depend    cnteiiy sy-x�T
Krs Church and Nitzer. tgrtf flrst and second ranking players^ey gave a grod account of themselves, but *ere unable to hold up thei^team in a six-inat) combination-/^
The big matehof the day was the doubles between Messrs Church and Nitzer and^Hornsby and Foot In the cpenincset in this fixture the Giscome �mwr ran away from their opponents. -taking the-first'set .6-1. Prince George pressed them stronger in the second set: but it ended 7-5 in ..favor of Gis-
Iri-his singles set with C. S. Foot Mr. .Church was" defeated in straight sets, but in "his singles with Mr. Hornsby a win was made by Mr. Nitzer, after ho had lost the first set 3-6.
ho had lost the first sot 3-6.
The third win of th� Giscome team .r;.i.>(. in  the singles rbetween  S. Lees Xc Irving Wilson, the Giscome man taEng straight sets 6-4, 6-2. The following                        lt      n  the  days
t       ill       I lit.       O* U^ICO       wvv ">-*���       -**---------
ana Irving Wilson, the Giscome man ;taBng straight sets 6-4, 6-2. The fol-lowinX^were  the  results  on   the .days
.Men's Singles
de%ted Irving .Wilson b-4.
C. S Foot defeated Mr. Church.6-3. 6-4                             \'   .
Mi Mitzer defeated Mr. Hornsby 3-G. 6-4. 0-J.                               \   '
i- A.Mathesori defeated Mr. Roberts 4-f   '�,-"   7-5,       �              '         x
"   \V   H. James   defeated    K.xNichols 3-G.'fi-4, 1-G.                                        X
' E. Newman    defeated    C.     Hartley �wG-4. G-2.                                   .                    >
Men's Doubles'
.Messrs. Church and Nitzer defeated Messrs. Hornsby anc1 ^oot 6-1. 6-5.
Messrs Matheson -d James- defeat-re1 Messrs Hartley and Roberts 6-2. 6-3.
Messrs Newman and Wilson defeated Messrs. Nichols and Lees 6-2. 2-6, 1-6.
Tlu* yisitirig Prince George players and their friends were the luncheon guests of the Giscome club, arid throughout the afternoon the ladies of GLscoine served refreshments- on the courts.
'"�V.Mir.r Ml!S-'.)(.INI SUMMONS MAYORS OF ITALIAN CITIES TO UNEMPLOYMENT   CONFERENCE
Rome. Aug. G�Premier Mussolini n.as summoned the mayors, of the cities "of Turin, Milan,- Geneva, and t iorpncp to attend a conference with
um in Kome�tb discuss the unemploy-""^t.situation throughout Italy. It is inn         -ne dlr�ct    methods possible,
u tier the autocratic system .of gov-u mont. In Italy will bring results "en (dicker than will be possible in "wer European countries. .
TORONTO AIRMAN DROWNS IN ATTEMPTING MILE SWIM WHEN PLANE FORCED DOWN
aid riRpu?n>
lake
 t. Aug. 6.�Thomas Ger- Pronto airman, was  dy when he attempted e swim to shore after  been force<* down in the
Worker's Trfek .i Giscome Began Saturday
Small Crews In Planing Mill and;
Shipping Department Will
Be~ Retained
MAY RKi-OPEN IN SPRING
Lumber Trade Outlook For Next
Few Months Bad as Tariffs
Thi&iten the Markets
Giscome, Aug. 5.�The town of Giscome, whi 2ft for several years was the most active milling center in the Prince George district, and the headquarters for- the liv.rijest milling and logging crews, has been dealt a severe blow with the decision of the Eagle Lake �Spruce Mill'i to close down its sawmill-ling operations. The planing mill is to be kepi iiv operation until all the manufactured lumber has been dressed This wili require a considerable time but it will employ but a fractional part of the labor utilized when the big mill was opera ting. The work in the planing mill im;l shipping department will be given- tc the married men on. the company'?, payroll, and the big company dining room and boarding houses were closed today.
The man commenced to move out on Saturday, v,pwara of fifty leaving by train, and i mother company will leave today. The last social function in the town took iplace last night in a farewell tendeti-d to Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, who will lake up their residence on the coast .'err the rest of the year, when Mr. Niche?!;, will give his decision on the offer o) the directors of the company to act as their sales uianager, with headquarters in Winnipeg.
The outkiok in the sawmilling business is -very gloomy. On the coast Mpe production of the big, milling plants has been, tilling " steadily since May, when thry were operating at 65.43 per cent of ('heir capacity, and for the week enciiiuj July 26th this percentage had dronnei to 49.62 pej cent. In the case of U�c Giscome mill it has been producing lumber above the market requirem&.n';& for the past two years, and there h said to be sufficient material in Ujb yard to meet normal requirement!? for a  two-year, period 'at
terioratey very quickTy during^the hot spells of the summer, it is not considered g'.HJd bu&iness on the part of the management to increase the lumber stockii by saving the several million feet M logs now in Eaglet Lake. Not only wiirthe lumber hold up better in the Jlumn->5t will pay all ^vho have (i-c iroublc'toNsee them, both m hV n: 'it<: of the re�air of damaged rh'es a? d .he care of new ones. They will f,<- -in astrato what' happens to a tire fe I!, e result; oi" insufficient in-flatiou� :'.'.bric bi^ak" or Xsirie-wall break; Tli -y have the moulds tXensure efficiei'.t, ..epairs'i which -lengthens the iif,e of r.i' U tires'-and repays the repair cost miVri;   times over.                          \
,Mo'�o.ri;^s need net. throw away tubes whichrii'v suffered from blowouts too larger & the cold' patch: They can all �be- reipairecl at the tire hospital. There is nothing in the way of rinv cuts wro3;�h heads or blowouts which cantic;" 1. efficiently repaired with a great &a":.ng to the motorist.
VANCOl VER WILL ASK THE    _,-----
M'-'NCE TO BEAR S100.000.
h UTS RELIEF, EXPENDITURE
�'er Aug. 5�The city of Van-Si make a lequest that the government a.ssume $100,000 t of relief in the city durinsr talf of the current year. E \t will also be asked to_ Utvl part of the city's n fs   for   the  remaining  half
WKATHER
"Hot EJid dry" is the weather prediction of R. B. Carter, local meteorological agent, for the. next few days. During the week endiofi-^esday, August 5th, there were STlaours of bright sunshine and .07 iacfjCi, of rain. The maximum and minlntfim temperature readings were:
Wednesday...................:-...........74   52   ,
Thursday....................................74   42
Friday .........:.................,-.....:.... 64   50
Saturday ...........:,.:------............ 74   50
Sunday ........:.._...........-........... 78   44
Monday  ....................................  84   40
Tuesday /.................................... 90   48
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Auto Highway to Peace River would Cost $800,
Road Through TKe Pine Pass Is Much and Less Expensive Than   Thrpugh   Peace
BLOCK IS FILLED UP
Ten Thousand Settlers Are Now In Occupation  and Unsur-veyed Land.  Taken Up
The providing of roads for the flood of settlers who have gone into the Peace River Block during the past year is one of the big undertakings the provincial government has in hand at present. J. C. Brady, district engineer, who has just completed a survey of the Peace River, says there are now 10,000 settlers in the 3..500.000 acre block which has just been transferred from the federal to provincial authority. All of the surveyed lands within the block have been filed on by settlers and there are hundreds of settlers who have squatted on unsurveyed lands outside the boundaries of ihe block.                                  'y *
The provincial government is contemplating an expenditure of $100,000 for roads in the Peace River, but even this amount xwill be insufficient to provide for main highways, and the settlers will be required for the present to open up such lateral roads as may be found necessary. The building of highways through the block is proving a more expensive undertaking than was.at first suspected. This has been caused by the deep cutting of streams which traverse the block, requiring in some instances the building of approaches two miles in length on each side, to keep within the maximum prade of 7 per cent.    . ;
While in the north /Mr. Brady gave, his opinion " as- an; engineer . on ,the route for an -automobile highway "to tap the. Peace River, and its .probable cost. He intimates the Pine Pass will be chosen for the first highway into the Peace, and' that the completion of such a road from Palmer's Crossing, on the Pine River, to Davie Lake, will involve the building of 65 miles of highway at a probable cost of $800,000. Due to the lower cost* involved Mr. Brady gave it as his opinion the road through the Pine Pass stands a better chance of receiving first attention.
The alternative route is that through thr Peace Pass irom Port St. John via Hudson Hope. Finlay Forks and by way of Maiison ftiver to connect with the hiphway being constructed north from Fort. St. James; The northern end of this roads has, been partially constructed from Port St. John to Hudson Hope aha in favornb'e weather venturesome motorists can s;et over it, but it will not be in shape for motor travel until the  next two seasons.    This road has n  length  of 65  miles.    From  Hudson I How to Finlay Forks  will require the I ctirisfrviction of 104 miles;-of road, and; from  t\nlay Forks: to  Fort  St. James] the, 3is$t�-.nce is tough 1a  125 mile's, but! rVir i-ni.iei.Vge to be constructed would be determined by the pcv:nt at which con-: motion would be mad ; wit If the road building   north'   frOni   '   rt   St.   James at present    Even for: �iie shorter con-; struct ion mileage involved in the road through the Pine Pass, less than half 'that  involved  in  the   election of thej Peace  Pass. thi>  probnble cost of  the higliway -.voukl.be S800.000.
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PAT'S 1'LAVnOYS   START; �   ON   rNTtNUF.n   ROAD   TRIP
ON Tt?ESl>AV EVENING
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Van<;of-couver v. nrovir-cit'
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Pat's Payboy bhestra to be Georsre. will sfr o:i an extensh take its membi This orchestra by Pat. Judge, nianist. his su;
;.   the   best   dnnce   or-cleveloped   in   Piince rt on   iuftsday evenins i road trip which  "will rs    as    far as  Anyox. iras forined in May last the well known    jazz )brtih-i "member's being
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.Jack. Quinn. Willian.- Graham. Henry Waldof and Dies Btnylock; AH members had previous orchestral experience and constant practise ?odn rounded the nt\vorpanizvnior. out ir.to the most accomplished dance orclnstra in the interior of the province. On their westward journey the onhestra will fill c nraenments at Vaivl Thoof, Endako. Smitfeers. Burns Lake Prince Rupert. Stewart and Anyox. and and the return wipia number :>f repeat engaKements \vill\be filled. As a feature attraction the members of tru1 orchestra will take with them Billv Ta-fk who has won deserved popularity as Thtap dancer. The members of "the orchestra will be given o send-off witlVq feanire dance in the Ritts-Kifer hall tomorrow eveningT -
BELGIAN STRIKE-BltEAKERS ROUGHLY HANDLED I
Pai-is. Aug. 5.�The textile districts in the vicinity of Ijilk' are being overrun with textile operatives from Bel-eium who are pouring across the border in motor cars and all manner of conveyances. Innumerable clashes with the striking* French workmen are reported in which the Belgians have been very roughly handled.
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