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- PRINCE GEORGE CIT?Mk
Hornby Plan Approved by the Board of Trade
Contemplated Supervised Settle- \
merits of Approximately
500 in the Unit
NO LAND SPECULATION1
Holdings Acquired will be Held
for Training of Successive
Classes of Settlers
The Prince George board of trade on Friday evening gave its unqualified endorsement to the plan of Brigadier-General M. L. -Hornby for the placing of a number of his British Community Settlement's in this- .section of the province. This action was taken aftsr ! Harry Bowman, agricultural and colonization representative of the Canadian National Railway, had outlined �the plan and expressed his personal opinion that the lands in the central interior of the province would lend themselves to the plan of settlement proposed, and that the eeillers. wi ,h the assistance given them would, at the end of the five year period, have an excellent chance of establishing tihtmselves and securing a good living. Mr. Bowman explained thai in the first instance Mr. Hornby did not con- j template including British Columbia in ' his settlement scheme, but that lately he had decided to do .-<>, Since then he has submitted his plan I > Premier Pattullo and would doubtless sei tri> his endor sV.op of it As the ma I i stands the plan has been endorsed by the premiers of all the other provinces in the dominion, and the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railway companies are ( .',) rating through their immigration .ofI �� >. I wa.s as a result of thus decision to co-operate that Mr. Bowman was ins:fueled to meet Mr. Hornby in Edmonton a w.v days ago, v.lir-ie ho had he opportunity of discusr'ng the plan with the, man who ofic nat d ii P.- sa:d Mr Hornby had expressed a etc ire i i visii this portion of the province, bu! was so far bon.it-.fi in h's sp aking d.ui>-; r-hat ho cciild npt . '.u:1.* the time at prevent.
Mr. Bowman said 1 Ian conn m-pla'es the ultimate c i ibli '� meiil o] 250 .settlement units throughout the dohvnion, rich to i;:vi- : ,��;>� �-.;-mately 100 British famil es. At present ?en settlemeiv aicas have been tentatively selected in the. eastern provinces', four in Ontario, two in Quebec and two in each of the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The rettlament plan differ; from all others tcr which support has been, solicited in that it, has no real estate fea'ure. Lands will bo purchased for the several settlement units, but at no time is 'here to beffny re-sale
Anothrr distingui.'-hiiis i aturi that while the plan partakes of the nature of assisted settlement, Ii is to be entirely at the exppn e of the British government. U was first proposed ��hat Canada should so 50-50 on the expenditure, but this has how ben: changed so that the entire cost Is to be borne by the British government; 'rhe approval of Premier Ramsay MacDonald and of Hon. J. H. Thomas. secretary of the dbmiivons. has been ' given 1o a plan under which the gov eminent will float a loan of C12.5Q0.000; the proceeds of which will be paid over to any county .council, city council or town council or other author:ty in the United Kingdom co-operating in the .settlement, after certain formalities have been complied wth The money received from the British g eminent .shall be applied in the purchase of the lands required for so" il ' ment purposes, in the plncing oi the necessary improvements upon then. the supplying of equipment, ��jis well os for maintenance and i u; eryision. 1 m Mttlement is to have a BvT.ish supervisor in charge, who shall livr-.ui tV.c district, and also a practical farmer who shall direc*. farming operai ions in
the unit.
The title to all Kinds purchcrcd � for .settlement purposes -shall be vested in the county council or other British authority co-operating in the se lle-ment plan, and .shall b? ron'cd to the new settler for a term of from three to five years upon a crop-share basis. At the end of one or other of these periods it Is expected the new settler Will be in a position to cs'ablish himself upon other lands and vacate those rented in the first instance, thus rendering them available for a now settler to be brought out. In the event of the pettier taking up lands of blown the settlement authority will assist him to lihe extent of Sionn.
The assistance to be extended to the new settlers covers passage money, anc repayable advances to cover the cosi of living for the firs' eighteen months Provision i.s also made that in the event of any settler appearing to be ungui^ed for'settlement life in Canadf he and the member of his familj shall be returned to Great Britain at the expense of the settlement organization.
Mr. Bowman commended the pl&r as evolved by General Hornby, especially the group settlement feature. Ht did not While a block of vacant lands suffi- Jt :ient to accommodate 100 families fc might be difficult to obtain, the plan ol perfected by General Hornby contemplated the purchase of improved farms [A �o secure the whole of any desired area, j c It is proposed to give the new set- !l tier a good start. The improvements II to be placed on the individual holding ate to consist of a 4-roomed house, costing approximately $1500. a barn fc capable of h'ous'ng1 four horses, six j d: cows and a number of pigs, costing i ?-S1000. and ou ihouses and other im- j �' provements to cost $500. P
In British Columbia the new settlers w would engage in mixed farming, a form | Ci of agriculture which all who had any I D farming experience in the Old Conn- I , iiy would be more or less familiar w with. Given the advantages of reason- J' r.bly close eeilement the new-comers would no! suffer the inconveniences wlvch :o often attend iso'la'.ed settlers. There are no sev< rit.es of climate to1 (�'intend with, ample supplies of fire- ! wood and wa'"cr :ening of the outside markets the ' nit n at present engaged in farming <: in the district would be benefitted by ' the increased volume of farm produc-
Prcsidenl Moffat's comment upon ' t!n- plan, when Mr, Bowman hurl com- j j ple'ed his explanation of it. was that I : � ssunded too good to be true, and in ' his opinion the members of the board [ . �;!.! exerl themselves to secure at : !�.'-� one of the settlement units in ' thH section of the province. It was ' reasonable to suppose the Old Country � nuthcrities fjnanc'ng tint? plan would [�pick their settlers as carefully as po.s-p.ibie to ensure succe->s. They would i. be commit*ed to an expenditure of $300,000 for buildings on each unit in addition to the first cost of the lands. On,top of 'his there was the cost of ncrcsFary farming,,-equipment in the way cf live stock and machinery, and the maintenance contribution of the settlers, with approximately fifX) to the unrVfor the period of eighteen months, Dr. R. W. Ahvard expressed himself favorably upon the proposal, If the guarantees suggested by the people behind the settlement plan could be rel'ed upon he could see no objection : to the board giving ite endorsa'.ion.
Several other members expressed their approval and the formal resolu-j tion endorsing the plan was then mov-: ed by W. L. Armstrong, seconded by ! Ar'hiir Leith. and adopted unanl- j mously.
! CIIINESE GOVERNMENT ; FAILS TO DISPOSE O\: iCOTTON PURCHASES
Washington. Dec. 12�The Chinese I national goyernmen*i is asking for an 1 .'Xtor.-ion of t.h(y rep.i>*mt?nl period in ' Mir SfiO.OOO.OQO loan secured from thn : I United States for A he purchase of.
wheat and cot-on. The Chinese gov-j ! M-nmenJ mcl wi�h succe s in disposing I j cf the wheat but has been unable to j
find a satisfactory market for the:
cotton.
COMMUNIST RISING IN I SPAIN SQUELCHED WITH | I SMALL LOSS^OF LIFE j
Lisbon Doc. 12�Tire Communist up-' rising accompanied by a nat:on-wide strike has been squelched by the gov-ernmnet af.er two days of disUirbaiic?. The strike failed first, and the*goy-. eminent soon rounded up the ringleaders in the Communist movement.,
, The death l'st Ls set a', one hundred , Gut it is admitted thus figure may]
. have to be increased somewhat. ^
JSSIAN AVIATORS WORKERS CAUGHT I � 1 � n 11
ILL LEAD ALL OTHERS WHEN BLAST CAUSES Linking Dollar
I" VERY SHORT TIME MOUNTAIN TO SLIP . O. ,. �.,.
SStS ^r�^%� Denver Dec; f^eath took its toll l0 ^rUng Dtlll
by a member of the house that ^day, in the lives of.eight men engag- , I ^ � ^ j
.hin the next two or three years cd m one of the fedora^1 governments \Q |}g AtYSiU^U
viet Russia will possess an air force rcll1ef ^undertakings in the building- of w *** *^E * ttUbVU
e times more powerful than that a highway along the Colorado river. -------
either Great BrLta'n or France. Al- The),KCen1c. �f the ^JaU.ty was a bend Overture Made by U.S. to Bank
idy Russia has a plane capable of m L:hf; ^'ghway The jvorkmen had � J " UJ*�&
insporting as much as four tons of virtually comple.ed a portion of the of England Was Rejected
plosives from Moscow to Berlin and � hi,f*�a� !ocal^d on fa ;s^lf �f rock Two XY/^L-c A
is'said plans are being worked out which had ,a dr�P of 1200 ?�* -into lw� Weeks AS�
� the bu'ldin" of a machine capable a ca�ycn- Th(?y were engaged in clean- -------
ti-ansporting0 a load 'of forty tons, mg; up when the ^entire mountain side RATIO NOT ACCEPTABLE ________o��_____ above the roadway started V> move. _____
LEX CLELLAND DIED j SSt^^^K SSmov- Brit!sh Op""0" was Stabilization
JDDENLY WEDNESDAY \ ing mountain on the o tier. The great Should be Effected Around
J \7 Al\J(~T\T 7\/cr> ! mass of rock slipped over six of the ) VANCOUVER !men withln a f'e'w mlnuteG) burying ^4.50 to the Pound
Vancouver, Dec. 14-Alex Clelland a i th''T T^fi^r! d^ ^ W� m�H London' D^- 12~The veil has been
rmer member of the c'.ty council, ^J ^e J& ^ce^^nd'tS lifted �U th� ' eg�tiatl�^ ^^ were
^d suddenly yesterday. He was in nl'Sd �,Vrdi"s l-rt< LmflUr ^ Opened some tirne aso by thc SOTcrn-
tendance at the Prince of Wales ^b^o^r^e^vo^^^Sp1," ment of tihe United States with a view
liool !n connection with the munici- ^'3�ldt01t" �jf ^'; �' � :� If !d , to securing the .stabilization of the
.1 election during the morning but JS5 - r caused bj uhe Unjled su-ei. dol]aJ._ o November
is taken ill and retired to his office pasting opera ions ol a crew of work- 28th prwklelll Roosevelt made the
rly in the afternoon where he died SS ?\-n^u Sh wm, ""f P'"0' statement that an-angenients were
fore medical aid could be summoned. \ ^^Sfc� he mounTai i VIZ being psrfccted *<* !hc ?tobllWtig of
---------:�o------------ \?y a ^culdoi ol the mountain. It was the dollar for an indeflni.e peric^ by
'^7~-. � . immediai^y after_a succession of.blasts tylng. !lt t0 Brlllsh stei;Ung ^L a ^
lining Engineer \\; SMI^Ago^.^ ^^.^si^id2?S
� � � L< rOckt strycture had evidently become ft 61 85 to 6276 �1, compared with
/^f flv^of Qrvwxr^r, ^eake�ed (aVd a+arSC �Tcuon,ofr t: Us former gold standard value. It was Ol Ijreat OerVlCe ! ppef: �^hmK the workmen before anUcipaled this would have the effect
they had a chance to get out of. the , o[ hoosUn,r commod^.y pi.icG.3 in the � "TT1 � r\" � � � danger zone, Most of the vic'Sms were lT ,, , c..,.tni. , . M ,� , hw th.t
to 1 his District mei\ "ho h?d fe"tei;ed upon Lheirr -f!!'sl S?eS? Th \^- mffi *%���$
i.v siao JL^lOLIl^L cmpioyment after � two\ years of idle- had infOrma-ion that the arrangbment ------- ;ne&>' : referred to by President Roosevelt
oard of Trade Protests Against ' QP\/PN"MF"M~mTc:mpn v,'0l!Id not be 'K>rfrccd' aml subsequent
,v.. , j ire- � r ;v>bA'hlN MfciN KbbL.UbU dvelopmcnts have shown this fear to
Withdrawal or Services or ppr>N/r Rr,r,KTMr rA7^M be well founded.
Resident Engineers . FR�� BL'R~VNG CAISON It is n stal?<1 hcre tha,
_____& i AT KA.Nf.AS CITY tiafons were'opened with the Bank of
(FV^IOPVIPNT Tt: ATnPTVi -____ England and the British government
^V^LUFMfaTNU IS AIDED: Rahsas City ])ec. 12_Seven work. lo effect s'abllzaWdn, but that at no .
.,-.. . . n �. . , men who were trapped in a burning time had the British authorities agreed
Jrncial Reports Direct [Notice caisson, seven'jy-flve feet below the to stabilization in relation to sterling
of Mining Cinitil to The ' sufacc. were rescued tcday niter a long :i'J the rate suggcs'ed by thc president.
or i\lining ^apitai to ine ^ ^ ^ ^ Qf mriinb(,ls ()f Ui(, The BriUGli oplnioil as l0 stabiiiZa-
New Discoveries I city fire department, Just how the fire ! tion was that it should bo effected at
I started is no', known but it soon cans- a ratio of around 4.50 and no' at 5.25.
The members of the board of trade-led a part of the framework of the as had been ;ntima ,ed by thc United, ent on re-cord un, Friday evening as caisson to collapse and shutl off the States treasury officials. It will thus Dposed to the suygisted economy of I air of the men working in the bo torn, be seen there is a very wide difference ic provincial government in the with- ' The men had been down about'an hour of opinion between the British und rawal of the service rendered the] when the accident occurred and this United States au^horties as to the tin'hg industry through the agency greatly lessened their chances of res- point at which stabilization of the " the district mining engineers. Thc cue. 'when tire fire department was dollar should be brought about; and as ibject was introduced by J. O. Wil-I ummoned is membora wore faced I two weeks have ejapsed, wth no ap-m who said he hr.d reason to believe I with the difficulty of putting ou! the proach to an agreement as to the ie withdrawal oi the resident engi- . fire without. drowning the men. the ratio .stabilization, the prospect of sc-.-.-- is ccntempUSred by the depart- men being below the f!re did noi suf-| curaip it doc-3 noY. appear to bo very teni of min�s, and he considered the. fered very nnifh. from smoke. .Tliou- ! bnght.
::; ter cf such'import thaL- the board j v.a'nds of people wa'ched the firemen j ^* "
lould place its opinion on record. All in their determined effort and they H. I5ATLEY RECEIVED ould appreciate ths service rendered | were cSieertd when the fire had bec-n j ppAPTI 1PPD ^RT II I" TNI y the resident nrning engineers in ( brought under sufficient control to L rv�-v-J ^^^^ oivi-;^^ xin is newer mining divisions of the pro- j bring the workmen safely to the sur- GAME AT BOSTON ince. in which there are no minim' face. -------
rSSSS �PlSy r&S^S S? \ stoi en ring believed ! ToSnS playc^ YasJripped ^
�crtcst difficulty in having a minuvj ntLlLVUJ , gj shorc of t]-,c Brums and
nginecr lcok over his dl-.crvcry. Thi-.s j TO BE IN STOMACH OI^ Row r|icn Started
�as. perhaps the greatest service the : vv/F^TMTN^TPR MAM '� -------
overnment mining -engineer rendered | -W-tiOl JVJllNS-^g 1VJAIN I Boston Dec 13�H. Bailey, the
3 a new district. Whenever a pros-! w(.s;nvirTo7"n-r P TUp no- h'Peedy wing-player cf the Toronto
cct appeared to have merit he exam- ,.New westni nster, uec; i;- in po Mll]), Leafs v,.hos., sku]1 was [rac.
�,r,r1 i ! o,,,]' o.r,v� f-lm r,,,^.-.- flio nH !CC art' lOdlllS,' V. mail 111 HlC I'I'V ' , -7, r II 1 l
vd it, and gave the own i tho p.d- \ " ',.,,� f , f: tured in the course oi the hockey
cuitage cf his opmion as to i.ts prob- | !^. p la,' ' � fl ll'on ;.,',:',,,',�; ' match on Tuesday n!g hi with the Bos-ble worth, and not infrequently hisSJ^ i ii v\ co.m r n h ! t(;tl B�ilis tooli :l Iurn tov thp ^ cpoi-i as to the new drscovcry result- Jewe rj theft. "Jan one n tl ... no.y ^
d in the attention of devclcpment f.� lfe �f S^1 he-,h!Sdv!aS tairied by attending physicians for hLs ompanies to it n.nd brought about, i's ! !'/ -� . rt (1; ' ^ in 'n " �' �\U1,-) � recovery. Police officials were in at-
mrchase and ultimate development, ^n'lfjed the accused as ,he man ,Lonciallce a| the hospital-tOnighMn the Ir. Wilson sa'd the benefit of the : �� can en o the f l;1;^1^^;^ hGp, cf beniK ablo to ^t a statemon' ervice cf thc resident mining engineer , toQ be shown some rings. When the , fls ^ manner in winch
3 more readily appreciated in the.I1�? lof:. the- sore ono of. the rings jvhe n,<>riiv(,ci his injurir.,. lewer districts than in those in which ^ miS5 ng- , nf C\.K saK1 ,'.nt; , ,," j Bailey wa.s tripped by3 Eddie Short-he mining development is proceeding, fad one hand to his mouth wile, \ fl f ; in nd fhls is especially the ca.se in the ^"f:n��J�2t if S ffl �! ���* cousre* of Tuesday irglWs game, for'hern portion of the province in ',� SWil ou ^metlinp On this cvi- Toronto man went down like a
SSIiliSrs feg^-S^ .^S5S�^S
.lining districts in the .southern por- j [heh man and Kce wha! thl �' "l]] sce a blow on his head with sufficient
ion of the province, which had on-; atei- __ _ ! force to break his thumb, Tlvs was
oyed the advantage of the service for j _ c nv ! the signal for a fxee-for-all. In which a
: number of years, but in which thc I *-i fcU 1 .-LUL, U. o. JUi | number of .ti>rctn':;rs joined, and it
lecessity migh* no longer be a^; gi-eat ' PEARS CANADIAN FLIERS was some time before order could be us it wa.s before. This condition in roA7rM Tn nn ATU I restored. Connie Smythe,.the. manager
Us opinion decs not obtain in tlvs por- � rKOZ,hrN I KJ UriA 1 ri : of )lH, Maplq Leafs became involved n
ion of the province, and-the suggested | Uhe melee and was eventually placed
iconcmy meant so much to the nor'ili-j Toronto, Dec. 12�Ueut:-Col. D. S. under avres' for striking a spectator �rn portion of the province that he Jcy. domin'on government inspector of 1 wn0 hnd ccme cnto the ics while the hought it merited the consideration civil aviation, expressed the belief* to- � ruction was gathering momentum. if the members of the board. I day 'ihat the two Canadian airmen, smythe vvns later released on bail in
If the suggested action i.s taken it"-.! Jack Nichols and Bertram Ashley, who f.the' sum 0J $ioo, Shore and Homer , nil moan the northern portion of the j have been nrssing en a flight from ; naV(1 \w^ been placed under suspen-jrovincc will lose the services of Doug- - Hamilton to Pert Eric, have been fro- '. ~'nn until the cicumstances leading up ps Lay. ns resident mining engineer, z^n to death in the -blizzard which 'to the outbreak can be definitely de-vhose 'activities have -resulted in much foll:n\-ed their takin?-off. Search for Lcided, but in the even � of Bailey's ninhig development, and in the bring- r^-0 missing men is being i.tctivoly-I dea'h- Shoi-e will probably be fr.ced ng ;nto the district of a very consld- ; l-'^-'^-CU ed ; with a serious charge.
arable amount of capital in Hi? pur-! '* j ------------o------------
ihase of properties and in subsequent I'HERMAN F3OERR AND VANCOUVER ELECTORS
^SSe?iwJ?of^fSttatai^ UTILITY FUNDS MISSING i GIVE THEIR SUPPORT
ince to warrant the members of the ! AT THE SAME TIME [TO ALL THE BYLAWS
joard in plac'rip? themselves on record I . _____ ' _____
jy reauestlng the government to re-j Exeter. Ont.. Dec. 12�Herman Do-1 Vancouver. Dec. 14�In the munic'pal ain the services of Douglas Lay ns j err, for fifteen years secretary-*.reas- elections held yesterday all three of ninine; eng'iiieer for this district. i iire'r of the local u'ilities conim'ssion I the bylaws appear 'o have been given
\V. L. Armstrong f^ncl Pres'dent Mof- j and prominent churchman, i.s missing, sufficient support to carry them. The "at supported the views of Mr. Wilson j it. is also reported S3000 is mJissing bridge by-law received the most favor, is to the important sen-ice rendered j from the com mission's safety deposit with t,he city hall next and. the central he district by Mr. Lay. and the ad- box. . heating bylaw making a close race but
/liability of continuing it. and the for- ;------------o------------ \ probably with sufficient votes to' win.
nal motion that Ma-. Lay be retained ; NPW DIRECTORS TAKF -----------�-----------
a-as moved by Arthur Leifh. seconded! A J. !uaddv WALKER MISSING
3y C. C. Reid, and carried unanimously, i OVER DIRECTION OF I "^K1< 1 ^ ALNCKrnJ;UMUNU
----------�----------' BUSINESS OF P.G.E. - i NANAIMO HUNTER
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT . ____ IS FOUND
WTI T MEET ON Victoria. Dec. 13�The (government j _____
" _ __ ; [has announced the new board of cli-' Nanaimo. Dec. T.5�Harry Walker,
THURSDAY, JAN. 25 ! rectors for Uio P. G. E. It- consists I tlie Nanaimo man who became lost
------- of Prenrer Pattullo. Hon. John Hart, i some days a^o while hunting, has been
Ot'awa. Dec. 12�It is announced minister cf finace, C.H.P. Tupper. M. i found by searchers in 'he vicinity of
that parliament will meet on Thurs- L.A. for Similkameen. and Blake Wit- [ Crystal Lake. He suffered severely
day, January 25t>h. Fan and Chris Spencer, of Vancouver. ' from expesure.