PRINCE GEORGE CF
Officer Clarke Makes 300-Mile Trip with Dogs
His Mission is to Determine the Cause of Death of Ben Olson On Beaver JUver.
LOOKS LIKE__A SUICIDE Body Found on Cabin Floor with
30-30 Rifle Near and No Foot
Prints to Building.
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1935
McGEER DISPUTES BRADSHAW'S FINDING ON TAX COLLECTIONS
CITIZENS' MEETING CALLED TO DISCUSS CELEBRATIOiSf JU^Y
Vancouver. Mai-. 12�Mayor McGeer disputes tne finding of Thomas Bradshaw that the city has been unduly lax in the collection of land taxes, and that a mistake was made in passing the annual tax sale. Mryor McGeer says the corporation would own one-half of the vacant lands :n the city within three years if it forced the collection of tax arrears.
A mass meeting has been called for
of the citizens the evening of
r To
Issue to Reduce
Rate of Interest
A three
-hundred-mile trek with, a trapper met
, trim to find how a trapper met Will Pay 3% on Bonds Even
f�Lf ^th, is one of the incidentals
Should It Result in Bringing
BREAK WItTTbRADSHAW
superior officer that
Dyk was advised r^wppk bv J S. Clarke, game of-Ser a Fort Nelson, that he had s Sed off for Beaver river, up near the Yukon boundary to investigate he death of a trapper Ben Olson. What he had to go upon was the clorv of another trapper named Burke that when he went to pay a S to Olson he found Irs body I vine on the floor of the cabin with n' 30-30 rifle laying beside it. As there were no foot-tracks outside the cabin Burke decided it had been a rase of suicide, carefully closed the cabin door and back-tracked to a Hudson's Bay post to report. Then Clarke was called upon to make the
Toronto Expert Holds Vancouver Can Meet Situation Without Cutting Interest Rate.
Vancouver, Mar. 11�Mayor McGeer. having failed to find support in the report of Thomas Bradshaw en the condition of Vancouver's finance for Irs demand for a reduction on bond interest to 3 per cent, has decided to proceed with his plan to cut Vancouver's interest rate. The mayor makes one concession, which is a delay of on3 week in which to ascertain what the provincial government !s going to do aboui | the matter. If at the end of a week .satisfactory assurances are not fortn.-
Wednesday, March 20th, to discuss a program for the celebration of Do--MnniJii Day. The meet Ing is to be held in the Prince George hotel at 8 o'clock. Last year the observance of Dominion Day was dropped, much to the disadvantage of the merchants and citizens generally, but on Labor Day a very successful celebration was put on, due largely to the activities of Mickey Brown and a few public -spirited citizens whom he succeeded in interesting! So pleased were the citizens generally with the L:\bor Day celebration that the decision was reacted tc resume the celebration of Dominion Day.. The July date lends itself read'ly to a celebration, and the experience of last Labor Day shows a cdtisiderable number of people from outside points can b? in duced to visit Prince George during a holiday if any inducement is offered. Most of them remain over in the city for a day or two. and take
DECLARATH OF WAR IN
Five Oenu
HEADS
OFF GENERAL STRIKE
Havana, Mar. 12�The government of President Carlos Mendieta yester-. day declared a state of war exists in Cuba. The declaration beat out by one hour the time set for t,hr general strike. The government has decreed the death penalty for aU who attempt to overthrow it by resort to violence. ,
inflationists
Force Hand of Alberta Cabinet
Paraguay Is Still,BABY
Gaining in the Great Chaco War
Major Douglas Sought as Adviser on Credit System to Head Off W. Abcrhart.
TOWNSEND PLAN
Disease Has Taken Heavier Toll From the Bolivians and Made Them Ineffective
WATER SUPPLIES VITAL
advantage of the opportunity to pat-i In Recent Paraguayan Offensive
400 Bolivians Died of Thirsl When Supply Was Cut.
trio In and investigate. Under fa- i """V^T"7 "^'""-^ **"- �"-� *j**"-viable conditions it should take him ' COming from fche government he will fifteen days to reach Beaver river, j and as many more to return. The j letter to Inspector Van Dyk, advising rf his departure was dated February 2nd, so that by the time it reached | ne.e Clarke had doubtless completed ; his mission and was back at Fort Neb on to pick up Ills other duties as game warden, magistrate and coroner. In another month his finding as to the cause of the death of Olson may come to hand. The sole representative of the. law in Fort Nelson is a former member of the R.C.M.P., vt-ho res'ded in Vancouver before entering the provincial service. -------------------o--------� ��
Greek Rebellion Being Smothered by Loyal Troops
General Geo. Kondylis Renorts Utter Rout of the Rebels in Macedonian Area.
Surrender of Rebel Warships Is j Regarded as Certain Within | Next Few Days
London. Mar. 11�The revolution in Greece which flamed up ten days , ago is virtually ended. General i nporer Kondy^s. the Greek min'ster ! of war took the field on Saturday j nrtd directed the attack unon the | rebels in Macedonia with -such vigor that today he felt warranted in say- j ins? thp rebellion in Macedonia had been effect'velv crushed, v'.th some I ^ tho CMof rP.hels having found re- j fuge in Bulgaria. All that remains , r !��� Hono is fh� si'bui^tiori of the, !-phois rn trie jt.^ oj pre(-o whe^e the rebel ships have made their headquarters, but this will be but n mnii.<-^ �* gvviu,,6 j,W4,a4U said he had been impressed some amendments to the draft of thej years ago w'th the great natural re-
Ottawa. Mar. 13�It is conceded here that the St. Lawrence improvement project has been killed for the time at least by the action of the United States in seeking certain
cf onlv half the annual sinking fund j cieiand 19 end L Fuson 19 installment Even then, there H a Handicap jump-ij. Anderson 30 L fhortaere of $1,038,374. To meet this. p^^ 2gi6l R. Harrett 29U, N. Strom he suggests savings and addit'onal 27Vi W Paschal 26', R Cleland ^S1, revenues aggregating- S2.084.904. The- Jumping, bovs 14 and over�W council, he suggests, should consider j using some of these to meet the' budget deficiency. Chief among the mggeHed new revenues would be :^ tax on rentals to yield $600,000. an add'tional provincial government grant of $800,000. and a boost of $225,000 in water rentals. The largest retrenchment .suggested i.s a cutting of the school budget by $250,000.
The local Junior Women's Institute will nrerent another fashion show In the Legion building on the evenfng
" F 'riav, A"'-:i -t'i Thp first fa?h-
boys Paterson.
Boy; combined race and .lump race events, in po'nts�R. Harrett 19^95- J Anderson 140.80; R. Mullett 138 95- R. Blair 125.55; W. Paschal 101.10; R. Cleland 94.25 and R. Paschal 47.85.
ion show' will be remembered as a very en oyable affair, but the plans Jofthe coming one are much more elaborate. Details with will appear in the next Citizen.
C.N.R.A. ANNUAL DANCE WILL BE HELD EARLY IN MONTH OF MAY
A general nieet'ng of the C.N.R.A. will be held in the depot on Monday 730 t discuss plans for
treaty agreed upon some time ago Tlvs treaty was rejected bv the United States senate, and in seeking to .secure a treaty likely to be approved the United States authorities have been pressing for amendments which the Canadian government will not accept. There is one provision in the draft which requires the employment of none but Canadian labor on portions of the work This is a restriction the United States desires to have removed, but one upon which the Bennett government is said to be firmly set. Them is said to be no prospect of the St. Lawrence treaty being submitted to the U. S. senate at the present session.
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the Greek the revolt the revolutionists
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revolt,
who was the he intends to
the revolt, and after
.surrendered the
will but
is said seek the
at 7.30 to discuss plans for j "annual dnnce of the association j tcTbe held early in May. The officers j cr the association for the current � year are: Hon. President W. H. j Tobey: lion. vice-pres:dent3, M. A. Burbank and Archie Watt; president | A L. Petei-son; vice-president. Geo.! Mealing: secretary. F. G. Ward: | treasurer, J. Roberts; chairman of i executive committee. Ken Matheson; convenor of ladies' committee, Mrs.
to the island by one of
accede
request.
WEATHER REPORT
Ft- the week ending Tuesdav. Mnrch 12th, there were 26 hours, 42 minutes sunshine, and a total ore-cipitation of .94 of one inch, made up of 4.50 inches of snow and .49 of an inch of rain. The maximum and minimum temperature readings for the period were:
Wednesday .................... 26.0 -16.4
Thursday ........................ 27.2 11.0
Friday ..........................".... 40.2 12.5
Saturday........................ 29.2 -13.5
Sunday .......................... 34.5 7.5
........................ 40.0 25.0
........................ 54.0 32.2
.sources of the Peace River and es-pec:ally with the wonderful fertility of ite soil, but he had been even more impressed with the tragedy of its isolation from the markets of the world.
He said the agricultural productivity of the district was proven many years ago. So far back as 1884 Peace R;ver grain took first prize at Philadelphia�ten years Later the district took first prize again�this time at Chicago. Since then nearly a score of first prizes had been- captured by producers of the Peace�and not only in wheat but in other products as well. Mr. Turgeon had 'travelled the Peace River from Finlay Forks, clear dov�(n to Vermillion Chutes, some 300 miles north of Peace River Crossing.
He quoted the reference of a previous speaker to the great deposit near the canyon of the Peace of what that mining engineer had declared to be the most perfect bituminous coal in the world. Referring to the coal and near presence of iron ore, Mr. Turgeon reminded Irs audience that years ago the prediction had been made that the Peace River canyon would -some day be the scene of the greatest metallurgical activitv on the North American conEn-snt.
As most persons had come to realize the present is the day of i Continued on page Six)