PRINCE GEORGE OTIsiS 35 PRINCE. GEORGE CITIZEN. ^THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1932 ollow Arrows to Big Barbecue at Nukko Lake Relief Matters Engage Attention of City Council vrrangements Made for Feeding Three Hundred Guests on Labor Day 1OSPITAL WILL BENEFIT sdies of Auxiliary Will Cater to All the Guests of the Settlers of Lakes Follow the red arrows on Labor Day Nukko Lake, and take in the big jeoue. The committees in charge e made arrangements to cater to requirements of more than 300 itors The barbecue is being staged "the residents of Chief; Nukko and Ldoo lakes to make.their section of country better known than it has en as a desirable place for summer Nukko lake has not its equal 75-mile rad'-us of Prince ,rge for swimming, bathing, boat-and other attractions which go &make up the pleasures of a picnic In addition to the bar- utings. ithin a camp. ued beef the comm'ttee will furnish ii nr^xreA veeetables, hot and cold the JBan is Placed Upon the Use of Automobiles by any Person on City Relief List DOUBLE-BARRELLED JOBS R. C. Carson Upsets [Things with His Protest Against. Two of i -the City's Arrangements Relief matters occupied much of the time at the meeting of the city council on Monday evening,, and the discussion started right with the reading of the finance committee's report recommending the payment of accounts amounting to $4,061. This sum included payrolls to the amount of $1,682.20, but relief and charity disbursements totalled $412.70, and there was a further item of $74 for the keep of prisoners during the month of July, chiefly for the maintenance of drunks and vaga. R. C. Carson had a letter before the council in which he asked for a division of the jobs held by David Cormack and George H. Jackson. He said each of the men named had a double-job in the municipal service, and if he could annex one of them it might keep him from going on the municipal re-picnic basket. Go out and spend lief. day and evening. Bring along j with respect to David Oormack the l-cooked vegetables, lter rince to the women's auxiliary of the George hospital, as well as the stands and swings, without rge. The committees want to see at the lake. They are not inter-in your money. You can leave with the� hospital auxiliary, in ayrnent for the services rendered. Make Your Reservations The women's hospital auxiliary will > all the catering for the. day. It [11 not be necessary for you to pack MAN WHO MISSED THE CAIRN UNVEILING RESENTS LOST STORY Quesnel. Aug. 23�Alfred Carson, the Cariboo old-timer who was slated to take part in the unveiling of the telegraph cairn here on Friday, and who failed to put in an appearance, was not lost in the woods as Lpuis LeBour-da!s, feaTed. Mr. Carson Is back in town. Ee was sorry to miss the ceremony, but is more annoyed that the youngsters of the town should circulate a story he had lost himself in the woods. Mr. Carson is 88 years old, but this did not prevent him from going on a> prospecting trip. He had the misfortune to cut one of his feet, and he says this slowed him up so much that he missed the ceremony; but he was not lost for a moment. Ht says he has spent 66 years in.the bush, and he couldn't get lost. Twenty h b Five Cenu years ago 'he says have cut e both feet and made it back on his hands and knees in time for the ceremonies, but he realizes he is getting a bit old. nlves, forks, spoons and cttps, the rest � council was not at all ruffled, as It 111 be provided. For the nominal j was generally understood he was a of 50 cents for adults the auxil- very efficient man, and the combina-., will serve, from 1 p.m, to 3 p.m. | tion of the jobs of teamster and janl-rbecued beef, potatoes, carrots, beets,, tor had been effected to give him bread and butter and coffee. Chil-over 14 years ^(|U t$ charged 25 exits, and under 14 y*aw free. From p.m. to 7 p.m. sandwiches and cake be served. Arrange your party, your picnic camp and carry the y-cooked meal to your guests. te your reservatloha now by phon-any member of the women's hos� il auxiliary. Marathon Swimming Contest Ernie Tompson and W. L, Hughes promoting o. long distance swim-ing match, and have each donated a Suitable prize for the contest, one for pe lady champion -and one for the entleman. The race will be open to veryone. Boats will accompany the fcwimmers, and life savers wi|l be on pand to look after all. will be an endurance and dis-uce match. No strokes are barred, all styles of swimming, allowed. contest will start at 3.30 sharp i the main diving raft, ana the erson covering the greatest distance iU be declared the winner. Chief Lake already has one entrant for tfie contest, and as no one is barred fhere will be a good number in the Those desiring to their name with enter Ernie arathon. leave nompson, or with officials at the of the contest. Amusemeints For All Bathing on the beach is open to all. the water cannot be excelled. Boats be on hand to take parties around lake, ice cream, soft drinks, etc.. be secured at the auxiliary booth. p ^ te ven on an open air dance platform. �? erected on the grounds. Swings be erected on the beach for the gt How To Get There wrtles with their own cars cars can get to Nukko Lake in less than ur' i four arrows. o Lake in less than 's ride (20 miles) by following Chief Lake road, or follow the Those without! cars can 1* Taxi, cars enough on hand Miller Expects to Get Creamery Going in January Only Hitch at Present,is Cost of City Water Required For Cooling Purposes Indirect Benefits of Crea mery Altogether Outweigh Direct Benefits to Farmers Charles A. Pyne, chairman of the industries committee of the board of trade, and Harry Bowman, C.N.R. agricultural and immigration representative, did some missionary work in Quesnel on Friday in the, interest of the Prince George creamery. Mr. Pyne recently received word from Alfred Miller, of Langley Prairie, .who is conducting negotiations with the city council with a view to establishing a district creamery, in which he advises there is no occasion for uneasiness over the delay. The only hitch has come known. Mr. Jackson has made a very good janitor, and an excellent pound-keeper, but in the discharge of the duties of pound-keeper it was implied he had made a number of enemies it being suggested the impounding of one cow had a direct connection with the expressed desire to have htm relieved of this half of his double-barrelled job. There was a long discussion, and out of this came the decision the city would dispense with the services of a poundkeeper during the winter months at least. It was decided to notify Mr. Jackson that, subject to any later decision to be communicated to him. his services as pound-keeper will be dispensed with at the end of September. The position will not be filled during the winter. Several individual relief cases were before the council. Some were for additional reUef. some were cases in which it was suggested the recipients of relief were not entitled to receive WEATHER REPORT, Rere warm weather, thunderstorms," is the the week-end of R. B. meteorological agent. For Tuesday, August 23rd 65 hours and 6 minutes a�� a, precipitation of .03 of maximum and mini-readings for/ the ............................. 84 50 Friday ~J ................'.......- -..... 80 50 Saturday.................................... ^ ^ 8un,javy .......�...............�............ 81 47 ��-"�*.......................;.. 85 45 -�........r..,-----:..; 86 47 ................:......:.... 85 50 steady employment, at no added cost to the city. George H. Jackson was not so fortunate. As janitor for one of the schools he receives $75 per month, and as pound-keeper he draw3 another $36. On top of this some of the alderman discovered for the first time Jackson .Is in receipt of a United ___ ___________ States army pension, but the size of j in connection ^^ tne city charge fo frhi3 did not appear to be definitely water for coolmg purposes, but Mr Miller feels confident the matter wil be arranged satisfactorily in sufficien time for him to wind up his business affairs at the coast, place his orders for materials, and have the creamery erected in time to commence business in January next, as he is informed the freeze-up does not come in this section until October. While in Quesnel Messrs. Pyne and Bowman talked the creamery situation over with Prank Thompson, manager of the creamery at Quesnel. Mr Thompson was very complimentary in his remarks concerning Mr. Miller. He said he had every reason to believe him to be a good creamery man, and Prince George was admittedly a desirable location for a creamery. Naturally Mr Miller would desire to have all his probable difficulties ironed out before making a start. Mr. Thompson saw in the establishment of a creamery a very desirable acquisition for the cit" but one which would be of even more ben?fic to the farmers Crea-n prices were relatively low at present, but this was common with all commodities. The operation of a creamery gave ths fanner an outlet for his produce, and the farmer could not be expected to produce until he had an assurance of a market. Mr. Thompson instanced a case hi his experience in Quesnel. One farmer started with a couple of cows, but he had made additions to the number of his milkers and now is in receipt of a monthly cream cheque of $39.75. sufficient to take care of ills grocery and incidental requirements, and left him free to make a very tidy profit out of the raising of pigs and poultry, which were largely fed on the skimmed milk: With a creamery established situations of this kind would doubtless be duplicated a number of times in the districts served by a Prince George creamery. In the operation of a creamery there were the indirect benefits to be taken into account a.s well as the When Is a Trader Not a Trader In Butter Business? This is the Poser the Aldermen Must Solve in Dealing with the Saunders Case TRADE VOLUME WAS BIG Demand for Traders' Licence May Divert the Traffic Into Retail Trade Channels The city councr. started a probe into the ramifications of an uniicenced butter busness at ite meeting on Monday evening It had been brought to the attention of Miyor Pattejsjda-.... soma. weeks ago that this business was being directed by F. C. Saunders, that butter was being shipped into the city and distributed to consumers without the payment of any municipal licence. A demand was made upon Mr. Saunders for a retail dealer's licence, but li--abUity for the same was disputed; and this with other unpaid licence demands had been turned over to the city solicitor. The matter came before the council for decision, whether the claim for the payment of the licence fee should be contested in court. Mayor Patterson explained what he had learned of the butter business, He said it appeared to have assumed considerable dimensions, and was not con- fined to !his investigating business associates. In the butter business he it. and there were two instances in which persons in receipt of relief were driving motor cars. The council took immediate action with respect to the use of cars. It will be required that the cars be run into the garage and kept there, or the relief will be discontinued. The other cases went over for further consideration. There was a request from the board of school trustees for authority to make an extraordinary expenditure of approximately $1$5 for additional desks In the schools. This was approved on motion of Alderman Keller, seconded by Alderman Opie. Mayor Patterson advised the city had ^k after everyone. � The round been invited to bid on from $5,000 to $10,000 worth of Prince George bonds bonds maturing in 1936. He had made a reply/to the effect that the city is carrying a numbr of Alberta sixes, maturing in the same year, for whiqh an offer of 98 had been received. If the holders of the Prince George bonds will sell at the same price as has been direct benefits, and it might be the offered for the Albeita bonds the city indirect benefits in the end would more bonds might be taken up. as the deal, tnan outweigh the direct benefits could then be arranged without the drawing upon the city funds. The only advantage of this arrangement would be that in the event of the discount continuing upon the Canadian dollar In the New York market, at the time of maturity, the city would avoid being called upon to pay it. The action of the mayor was approved/and the matter will remain in abeyance until adviCes/ are received from the holders of the Prince George bond3. At the meeting of the city council on Monday evening the reply of Mr. Miller to the letter of Mayor Patterson was read. In it Mr. Miller narrowed down his difficulties to the suggested municipal charge of $25 per month for water for cooling purposes, estimate^,by Mr. Miller at 150,000 gallons per month. Mr. Miller expressed bis willingness to pay a flat fee of $15 per month for water, up to a consump-(Continued on Page.Five) � �� said it had also been brought to his attention Mr. Saunders had been previously engaged in distributing honey, in connection with which no licence had been paid the city. Prom his investigation it appeared the volume of the Saunders butter business ranged from 120 to 150 pounds per month. Shipments would require to approximate this figure to get a wholesale quotation and advantageous freight rates. To his mind the business constituted unfair competition for the local merjjhants, and savored of bootlegging in butter. He questioned if the council could pass the matter over without taking action of some sort. A somewhat similar case had arisen i some- time ago when a cilizen ' had started to distribute honey. The matter had been placed in the hands of the police, and the licence fee had been paid. Within the past few days another evasion of the trades licence bylaw had been brought to his attention when Mr. Houghtalinp hir.c'. brought in a shipment of early vegetables and disposed of them to city merchants without the payment of the municipal licence. He understood the practice was discontinued with the initial shipment, but there was nevertheless the breach of the city bylaw' In the case of the butter business the offence was the greater as the practice had been continued for a length/ period. Alderman Bexon said he had learned a great deal about the butter business since the matter had been first brought to his attention He had f