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/VOL. 16, NO. 10
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934
Five Cents
pfohn A. Fraser Recommends List I of Public Works
Invites Suggestions as to Other | Projects^Which Should Be UrgecOat^ Present
Shis Should be Made-Flatter of
I Immediate Correspondence^
by Board of Trade
1 � Publ-c building at Sajmon Arm. 2.�Public building in Prince George.
> 3__Re-construction of telephone line
Bridge River to- Pioneer Mine.
4__Re-construction of telephone 1'ne
�Quesnel to Barkerville. I 5.�Extension of telephone lines in >I*eace River.
I 6.�-Improvement of telephone ser-Ufice, Ashcroft to Barkerville so as to Swrovide telephonic communication be-i*wecn Vancouver and Barkerville and gfce whole central valley of British Columbia.
7.__clearing the channel of Quesnel
Hhke at Likely, B. C. Bg�construction of Indian Hffice, Lytton, B. C. iFg.�Public building in L;llooet. W 10.�Highway cons traction, Jasper
City Hospital is in the Red For the Past Year
Cost of Indigent Cases Shown to
Greatly Exceed Provincial
and City Grants
DIRECTORS ELECTED
Society Voices Appreciation of
Assistance Rendered By the
Women's Auxiliary
The members bf^Jhe City of Prince George Hospital Society went on record on Tuesday evening as favoring oweepstakes under government supervision as a means of assisting hospitals throughout the province in financing. The mo'jion favoring the sweepstakes was moved by P. A. Mathe-son, and seconded by Dr. C. Ewer*, j The dis.cuss;cri on the motion was brief, the general opinion being that the marked shift in hospitnliza\ion to
Final Chapter of Local
^ Paper Mill Being Written
JBark to Blue River through Mount Bpobson Park.
11.�Addi'ional geological surveys in ie Barkerville area. 12.�Add ticnal geological siuTeys^ih iJHie Bridge River area. /
I i3._Additional geological surveys in (Jie Nicola area. I i4.�Construction of the/Peace River
relief cases demanded some additional Agent j source of rsvenu^for the hosp'tals.
The various/reports were read, the most instructive of which was the profit and''loss statement for the year.
Railway outlet.
15.�Irrigation project Arm.
aG Salmon
The forego:ngr Jfciblic works "which
the program of John A, Fraser,
M.P~~~has submitted to the federal gov-ernmen.ty-to be undertaken in the Cariboo riding. Mr. Fraser requests The Citizen to give publicity to the same, irtie l'st includes all matters of major / importance to his mind, but he says he is open for further suggestions and will welcome the same.
A glance at the members' recom-'mendations will impress the reader with the number of important projects s in Cariboo riding which await compie-� tion, but impressfve as it is there appears to be at least one important t-omfesion. Mr. Fraser covers the con-jafetrucUon of a highway from Jasper �$b Blue River, but fails to ment'on the completion of the Northern Trans-highway, which ha-; been jeered to give this part of the nee direct access with Albe.ta. It be tlrs work. Ls to be included in
Showing the loss on operation at S2.293'59. Wi'h the small surplus which the hospital was able to show 'for the previous year this gives the two years a deficit of $1,300.00. The revenues of the hospi'al for the year are s/hown at $39,344.13 and the total expenditures $41,701.25. The figures with respect to amounts of the provincial and municipal gran's, and the cost of hospitalization of indigent prov'ncial and municipal cases, are somewhat striking. The city grant is shewn at $2,370.00 and the hospinaliz- | ation charge for municipal indigents; $7,9953.60, while tile gvoemment grant
COST OF GOVERNMENT IN CANADA BECOMES MATTER. OF CONCERN
Ottawa, Mar. 3�Figures compiled by the Citizen's Research Institute of Canada have been commended to the a^Ttention of taxpayers and the 28,000 governing bod'es which exist in Canada.
m 1913 the share of public expenditure incurred by each person gainfully employed was $107, and in 1932 the indiv'dual's -share was $311�this latter figure being about one-third of the average earned income. In other words, each employed person works one day in three to pay municipal, provincial and dominion taxes.
The cost of municipal govern-^rnen*. in Canada last year was $54.74 per capita and set a new high record. The explanation, no doubt, Ls found :n the heavy billv> for unemployment relief which, in most municipalities, added substantially to the tax rate, and in capital expend'tures undertaken as a measure of unemployment relief.
Promoters of the Project Must
Take Heavy Losses In
Forced Liquidation
TIMBER NOW FOR SALE
Is All Subject to Arrears For
Three Years of Licence
Fees Due Province
Jean C. Crandall Offers Subject for Physicologist
Man Who Fooled Police of This
City Into the Belief That
He Was a Woman
TOOK IN MATRONS ALSO
Guilty Verdict Returned in the Wynekoop Case
Jury Recommends Sentence of
2 5 Years for the Elderly
Practitioner
is shown at $6,305.77 and the hospital- AM addPAT T�; PNTFRFD
ization of provincial indigent at AN AFFtAL D m]CKCU
$13,301.17. If the figures fairly repre- ... , , .
sent the situation they should be given Last-Minute Effort to Set up a | ^ endeavor to forget their roseate
thP fullest nublicitv .so that the nosi- . ._...�-.. F hopes wi'h respect to it as quickly as
The final chapter in the history of the Fraser River Pulp and Paper Company, Limited, one of the several names under which the Prince George pulp and paper project was known, is now beJng written by E. H. Burden. The company has been in liquidation for the past two years, and is now bent on salvaging what it can of its extensive assets., i The passing of the great pulp and j paper mill project, which loomed so strik'ngly in the future of Prince; ! George for so many years, will be a'- J tended by regret. The pulp and paper I mill was the twin of the P. G. E., and ! when one would become a source of j | worry with respect to its immediate I j future the other was present to keep | alive the hope for the great develop- ' I ment. As a matter of fact the pulp and j J paper null was regarded as the more | i vigorous of the two. but as it happens | :(t made the first call for the flowers. Although i\] failed, the pulp and paper mill was looked upon by some j of the more far-seeing men in Canada ! f* a good promotion venture at least. ! ! What would have happened had it i ' been carried through to the point of ! produc'ion, and been caught in the. i general disorgan:zation of the paper j industry of Canada, is a matter for < speculation. At least the city has ' been spared a pile of buildings to i commemorate a shattered dream. I Prince George is net to have a pulp j and paper mill, but its people have j been prepared for thV eventuality and will endeavor to forget their roseate
the fullest publicity so that the posi tion of the hospital will be better un- j derstood. On their face the figures i
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Soviet System Bears Harshly on the Worker
Theory of Suicide Fails to Impress the Jurors
ay oe i-n s wuik.. u� i<~> uc un-muvu .�� . . .
^specific public works projects to | Prince Oeorge Resident 1 ells ot
Personal Experience in the Russian Lumber Camp
be fundertaken by the federal govern- j ment as a measure of unemployment I relief, but if not this highway should i be included in the list, of Mr. Fraser's recommendation.s. The attention of the counc!.l of the board of trade is directed to the recommendations of Mr. Fraser with a view to clearing up �the status of the Prince George-�iJasper highway. It is easily the most lportiftit public work which could be _idertaken \n this riding, and if not lready provided for should certainly included with the projects to be recommended by the member. .------------o-------------
Chicago, March 7�After deliberating for two houis the jury charged w'th **�?* j *�"** '�&&S���3r
years and is making a comfortable Chicago. Mar. 6�John Dillinger. the living, has no illusions as to the con-
living, has
dition of the worker in Russia. Evashko- knows the forced labor camps of the Soviet intimately by reason of his
�<3esperado who got away on Saturday !!from the -'escape-proof" prison at
Crown Point. Indiana, was still at,
liberty tcn'gh* despite the intensive | having worked i
search which has been made for him. in the lumber camp [Dillinger and several members of his I prang were captured some weeks ago Jin Arizona, where they had holed-up ifor the winter. Dillinger headed for
Chicago after Irs break, in company
with a negro prisoner named Herbert
the workers re-
which even yet
baffles the police. The murdered terday with the resolution he has been young woman had been staying at the offering for the past thirteen years home of Dr. Wynekoop and her rela- : seeking the construct:on of a direct tions with the members of the Wyne- j une of railway lrom the Peace River koop family were believed to be friend- > district to the Pacific coast. There wa-3 her body, clad only in chemise I no division on the motion to which
eei^dnn^^ R- J' Min'on' mimSter �f rail"
w^s ?ood and much o? it had orda- j a bullet wound In the back and evi- j ways, tacked on the words "when cir-S^^SSS^quUiente. For dence of chloroform having been ad- cunvs'^ees permit: three months work in the lumber camp ; ministered. In offering this ri
all
received in the way of
ST2 S Tt SS
Ycungblood. who was awaiting trial
for murder. The number of the car
in which the two made their get-away
was known, but tihe police got the J food.
numbers mixed and for a time wore I workei
;wat,ch'ng the wrong car in this city. There is a story current that Dil-' linger effected his escape by fashioning a dummy gun out of a piece of wood and threatening his guard
U\ forcing lrm to unlock the cell
he

rider the minister
In the course of the trial an effort; held out the hope that, the date for was made to create the impression ; tfiie serious consideration of the Peace Rheta Wynekoop had taken her River short line might not be so d!s-
n7X^ � could for whatever he own life, but this was not held to be I tant as some might be inclined to be-off where he could ioi w i "^ tenable Dr. Alice Ltadsay Wynekoop., Heve. He raid that while the railway C�UldT*inc i mJ t^e "So ! a dauBhior of the accused, testified problem still continued a serious one ii and the treaSent of the Rheta Wynekoop had appeared very for the government the situation had
years ago, since
was deferred. In view of the health
held. Once out cf the cell Dillinger armed liimself and his companion with machine guns in the pr'soii and corn-
collective industry
for in those who have been subjected to it in the various parts of Russia.
Pleted his escape. The police* do" not | Those who are advocating it in Corn-accept this story and two of the guards j muntet circles in Canada have had no in the Crown Point prison have been I veal experience with it. The only men Placed under arrest on charges of con- : who have experienced the Sonet col-nlving in the escape of the desperado.; leciive system, and are free to express ______ __*�_________ their views with respect to it. ��>��>
month.
SAMUEL INSULL GIVEN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO OUT OF
become decidedly brighter in that for tlie first seven weeks of the calendar year the earnings of t)he Canadian National had increased $3,000,000 as
passing of sentence J compared wi'Ji the corresponding weeks of the previous year.
The minister ?a;d he realized that the work of building the Peace River _ line will have to be undertaken by the ! federal government as the heads cf j both ttie C.P.R. and C.N.R. were on ! record as being of the opinion the building would not be advisable untrl the traffic to be derived from the district .should be increased ton-fold.
doubtful if' she will live one
Athens. Ma,.6-
are those who have made their escape
from Russia. The real test is. how | ............
many of them would be content tc i that he must leave Greece within return to Russia? ! forty-eight hours. Insuil some time ?co
to remain for fif-
of Russians who have had an inti-
teen davs on the score of ill health.
PRINCE GEORGE PLAY HOCKEY FINALS WITH ALKALI LAKE TEAM
Th� Prince George hcr.kev team will play the final for the Cariboo cham-\ pionship and the Elsey cup at fhe ;� local rink on Friday and Saturday j It Tvas expected the locaJ boys would , - , ,. ,.
meet Clinton in the Tnals but the i to return because the letters they re- report current
: SdUn t.im of Alkafi JSSu^ the ceiye frp.n relaUves, sUll in Russia^ negotiations for the .^^ * � � dope .by �aymenta to apply to the registrar of the court who will hold a conference wiih the two interests. It ! w'.U rest with the regisrar to decide what'payments the mortgagor *hall make and recommend this .arrangement to the court;-, and the courts may accept or modify the recommendation. I is provided theie ohall be no.legal costs in connection with any application on the part cf the mortgager to the registii.tr. The relief to be provided d,;rs net extend to land or im-provement taxes. These must be paid or foreclosure may follow. The proposed Iegisla4.icn �'��. said to follow somewhat clorsly 'he dabt adjustment provisions which have been adopted by the prairie provinces.
HORNBY SETTLEMENT PLAN NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY IN OTTAWA
her of branches to be added to the main line.
British Columbia members who rpoke
mate experience, with collective laboi but the Greek authon ^ M* �� | on u,c question. Hon. Ian Mackenzie, conditions in Russia who are now resi- , convneed Insuil is shamming and he , mberMfor Vancouver Oenier. declar-dnn; in Prince George and vicinity. � js ordered to get out without regard government had obligated itself
he knows are willing to his state of health_ There was^a | ^ prQ^ {Q build the raihvay and
1 � - suggested it should be
works
None, so far as
play-offs for the teams in the southern part of the district, and qualified tx> meet. Pr'nce Geome in the finals. Tlie total goals scored in the two games will determine the championship. The play will start at 8.30 o'clock each evening. The admi^^sion will be 35 cents for adults and 10 cen+s for children.
laborer hfi3 in no way , .
letters in Russia are subject to | Prance, but this proved to be uicor- i i Th h egoUa^ons are
All _
censorship. The writers in Russia must be guarded, and those who receive them on the outside must be equally careful in what use they make of the information they receive from Ruas'a lest the writers be traced in (Continued on pa#e 2)
pariiamen* should be asked
rect. The purchase negoUa^ons are
e
under way but they are in the intertst [ ^f ,,-h^ ",
of another Chicago resident, a former
emigrant to the United States from
Catalonia, in northern Spa'n. who is
ajixious to buy a home in Andorra for
$50,000.
waterways now
pj
that when the Peace River road is
built it will tap the C.N.R. system at
a point west of the mountains, and
probably in the vicinity of Prince
George.
Ottawa. Mar. 6�The British >e'.tle-� merit plan of Brigadier-General W. L. ! Hornby, of which much has been |.heard, in several of the province^, is 1 not seriously considered by the federal I government. This was disclosed today when Hen. WeJey Gordon, minister of immigration, took the stand the time I is not ripe for the encourag'ng of immigration to Canada. In this he was ; supported by J. S. Woodsworth. C.C.F. 1 leader, and Hon. Charles Stewart, for-1 mer Liberal minister of immigration. I Durng the debate the Hornby settlement plan was frequently mentioned, rfte inference from which was that General Hornby is not in a position to assert the cot of his settlement will be borne entirely by the Brit'sh authorities.