LIBRA!
L. 19- NO. 22
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY. JUKE 4, 1936
lane
Parachute Jumps for Celebration
DANCE RECITAL WILL BE PRESENTED FRIDAY NIGHT IN PRINCESS
Jeanne Wimbles will present a dance recital in the Princess ballroom tomorrow . evening in wiiich she and her pupils will appear in ten numbers. In addition to the dance numbers Miss
r ?I-,it<:i-istic Meeting was .Held Jeanne McLeod and Thomson Ogg will on Friday Evening to Consiapr *� heaj'd in vocal numbers and Mrs.
Program Features EVERYONE BOOSTING
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF DISTRICT "C" OPENS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12
The annual convention of Farmers' Institutes comprised in District "C" will this year be held at Prince George on Friday and Saturday. June 12th and 13th. Delegates representing the vai l il
g
rious locals for miles around will be
� - umbes and Mrs. in attendance, and an interesting and
Roas in piano selections Durillg the profitable session is anticipated. Many in the Pro?ram Dr. e. j. resolutions dealing v\ith rural prob-
Chairman of Various Commit- | tees Report Satisfactory Pro-| en-ess on the Program
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Arrangements for the Dominion Day celebration were given a good push-off; at n public meeting held in the ball-; J of the Prince George hotel on All the chairmen of
Lyon will preside at the piano, recital will commence at 8.15.
Thomas Guilty in Great Scandal of the Budget Leak
Friday evening. All the chairmen of �- � university exten,
ih'e various committees were present rormer Minister Speechless As take their place ittd rogress reports The
FLOOD MENACE PASSED WITH DROP OF WATER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
various
nnd submitted progress reports. The public attendance was good and sufficient enthusiasm was manifested to warrant the presentation of an entertainment program which will satisfy all the city's visitors. �
' Alderman Keller, in charge of the �Kirn-ic stated he had lined up a good umber of trucks and private cars to
the Finding of the Enquiry is j win Communicated to Him
PUBLIC CAREER ENDED
Started Life as Engine Cleaner But in Time Became a Great Power in Politics
Kirni
number of trucks and private cars to decorate for the occasion. The band Is practising twice weekly and will head [he parade and play at Duchess Park in the afternoon while the sports are in progress. Anyone interested in the parade should get in touch with Mr. Keller, and the automobile and firms are expected to get behind the pro- p nasal "and offer substantial prizes for today. They found Rt. Hon. J. H.
Fraser niver on Rampage Nears Danger Mark
Washouts on Railway Line East and West of City With All Telegraph Lines Down
CITIZENS FLOODED OUT
On Tuesday Water Level Was 11/2 Inches Above Record Flood of 1911
Flood waters along the Fraser River on Tuesday were fast becoming a menace to property when die water levels were equal to those of 19l�0, with the Fraser and Nechako rivers reported to be still rising, and with every probability of attaining the high mark
fined to the Fraser river bed, but had j of 3911. On Monday the Fraser was overflowed into all the sloughs and rising about half an inch an hour, with depressions. During Wednesday nigntl water seeping into bench land-; and (he water level fell 2.2 inches and the! flooding the east part of the city, it subsidence will continue rapidly. The i seems that about every eight years ex-damage in Prince George was confined � tremely high temperatures, particular-to the occupants of the low-lylrur lands! ly at night, causes a heavy run-off in in the eastern end of the city. All mountain streams, with the-cumulative
The flood menace at Prince Georgre was definitely passed with the drop in the water level on .Wednesday nig-ht which fell 2.2 inches. Mere significant were the reports from McBride and other points on the Fraser river above the city. The greatest fall was reported at McBride where a drop of four feet was recorded. As it takes approximately forty hours for water to reach Prince George from McBride it will be Saturday before (he full effect of the fall is seen here. The snow is reported to have disappeared along: the drainage area of the Fraser ui.> to the 4000 foot level so that the possibility of further floods this summer are definitely eliminated. The maximum height of the water was reached Wednesday afternoon with a rise of twenty-one feet, eight inches, an impressive mass of water when it is remembered it was not con-
lems will be presented for discussion
and action. The Hon. K. C. Mac-
Donald, minister of agriculture, accom-
panien by the deputy minister and
.superintendent of fanners' institutes
will be present during the session to | meet the delegates and residents of
the district and address the meetings, I In addition to the minister and de-j puty. several members of the faculty ! of agriculture, who are at present lec-J turing throughout the province in con-I nection with adult education under thn
university extension committee, will n'g 'he speakers.
Of those. Professors Eagles and Moo a series of lectures and field
days at the following centres: Pine-view. June 11th in the afternoon:
Woodpecker. June 15th. Hixori and
Strathriaver, June 16(h. The minister of agriculture is at
present attending District Institute
Conferences in the .southern interioi.
journeying through the Cariboo Dis- I gardens wore washed out. fences were I effect of high water in thV mainriv-
'rift. and continuing west from Prince j carried away and in many oas2o dwell- I ens, when a general exodus from homes
George to the � Bulkley Valley and in"s liad to be vacated. The more' by boat and raft become necessary.
Lakes district. These conferences, serious aspect of the flood is the pos- In the boom days prior to 1914 read-
cars carrying their products. Tho biggest feature of the day's at- !'l|:-lv
Thomas, former colonial .secretary, revealing secrets of the last
is already assured with the budget of Neville Chamberlain, chan-signing of a contract to have an air- cellor of tho exchequer, to Sir Alfred plane do stunts and also have para-ehute jumping. Wliile this feature
Butt and Albert Bates, a stockbroker. as a result of which half a million involves a very heavy expense, with no dollars were made by insuring against
ADJUTANT McKINNELL OF SALVATION ARMY SAID FAREWELL SUNDAY
ing this
Ad.Hrant C. A. McKinnell. who for
monetary returns derived from it the increases in tho tea and income taxes, j two years was in charge of Salvation
When the finding of the enquiry was I Army work in this city, .said farewell communicated to the former minister; on Sjpday prior to her departure on he went white and was robbed of Monday 'morning's train. Adjutant speech for a time. Later he said the { McKinnell is to spend her annual fur-cruel, but he thanked
celebration committee feel that they arc going to put on a show worth while, and agreed without dissent to engage the stunt pilot and parachute jumper. During the afternoon two
Tuesday morn-
jauge read 18 feet above the
In this connection parents are warned; low water mark, which i.s equal to the of the danger of permitting children < 1920 high water which caused so much to swim or play in the iloori waters ; damage in the lower Fraser Valley, around their homes as they have with men worikng waist deep placing
J sandbags in the Matsqui district. The ! gauge on the steel bridge across the ; Fraser river i.s of more recent construction, the first readings being taken in in 1928. Thio is set 2.5 feet lower than
doubtless become infected.
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CARIBOO MISSIONERS RETURN FROM TRIP AS FAR AS HAZELTON
the old South gauge and i.s therefore reading 20.5 feet, and the water -seems for the Cariboo ! !� be sti11 climbing at about half an
.mint flights will be made, and jumps will be attempted from plafte over Duchess Park.
A partv q[ misH<�w*i-
; lough at her home in Duncan, en Van- j display at the Vancouver"jubileeTVeie^ I ivtch an hour- T^10 guage'is located wnerated. couver Island, following which she will oration arrived in the citv earlv this on the Pler ea-st of th^ ^and *n thf
t-bje An interesting feature of the en- resume work in Alaska. Captain Eby mOrnin�r on their return trip To H ./e'-; Prascr Riven This island is inhabited There are quiry was the statement of the pre- will remain in charge of the work in ton In tie partv were M Ji� LouV b^ Jim J<*�son who vacated on
two his -son Leslie had been exonerated.
puiuu uii.1 x^nv-n^.-o * ��� �>.. ^.i.^.t. .�^ i - . �-�....... ---------------- ~- �^ ,..w ,,JJt >i.iiii'in in i.iuu^i ui niv wuitv nr ton xvt tile partv wore Mes.s'"s Lo'i s * �"" umuiouu �jiu vuulii/lhi un
very few Prince George people who cautions taken to preven advance dis- j Prince George for tho present Adiu- LeBourdais and" G E Malcolm 'of Monday and rein�vpd his goata. The have witnessed .such a spectacle and it closure as described by Sir Maurice; tant McKinnell took her departure' Quesnel "ccompanied bv MeWmes water is now practically covering the should prove a real drawing card. | Hankey. for twenty years secretary to i from Prince Georce with much regret, j LeBouwiais qn-i Miinim inH "w t ' entire farm with the swift current
Pied Lockyer, representing the base- fhe cabinet. He testified that he wasj nnd said she would be pleased
ball club gave a very good" report as. the only non-minister present at the' turn at any time. Her last wox� �;,.-� t.;.v riM, ,,:,�.rim. Of their trin :o what they plan on doing. There is cabinet meeting April 9 when Mr.,' an expression of thanks for the pener- the'financing oj a plan originatedTyj tho piers fn the bip bridge''was re-
sed to ro-j Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong of this �p'dIy r^ucln-word was Cityi The objective of their trip was. JLpa"nJg aw.ay /�
the acreage, and fences. The log jam on bi
no question abotiL getting in district Chamberlain told the others the con- j osi'v of the ppopl" during the recent
teams from Wells, Win-gdam, Que.snel,
etc., but efforts are being made to
have the Detroit Colored Giants, now
on tour in B. C. stage one of their!
panics here, They have expressed a
desire to play here but their da':es do
not coincide with the July 1st cclebra-
tents of the budget. No written mem- j self-denial week of the army
orandum wa.s made for strange eyes
to see. ho said, and if there was a
loak it must have bean through a
cabinet member. The most damaging1 testimony
acainst tho colonial secretary was that!
tion. Efforts ,will be made to have which told of the placing- of �il,r>00l . --------
them here for the 1st, and the wires worth of insurance against increases Mis Sargent, librarian in charge ol will be busy this week doing so. | in the income tax which the budget1 tne work of th? Public Library Com-
MISS SARGENT WILL START LIBRARY COURSE FIRST WEEK IN JULY
The boxing and wrestling program is provided for by Albert Bates, an old' mission in the north, is planning to coming along fine. The committee have friend of the secertary. and the factl�ive a short introductory library I l �""�_
Mr. LeBoui'dais to place on exhibition ' during tho jubilso celebration of an j immense road map of the interior, I showing the Cariboo highway from [ Vancouver to Hazel ton together with j its branch roads. This has beon design-j ed as the daddy of all road maps, ha%-! ing a length of 75 feet and a width of j approximately 8 feet, which would give an excellent index to tho mineral and scenic resources of the interior of the
engaged, two top-notch grunt and he had provided Mr. Thomas with a groan artists for the evening of July f 15.000 house, with no other security
course in the library at Prince George from July 6th to 15th inclusive. The
1st, and the program will be built that the rights to an unwritten auto- object of the course is to give young j
around them. This feature has many biography of Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas I people who arc interested in library �
followers and it is with this in view denied emphatically that he had given I work, as a profession, some idea of;
that larger purses are being offered anyone any information with respect! educational requirements, training ne-i
nnd good men secured. Arrangements to the budget, but the "appearances'L-Cessary and a general knowledge of
a* to where they will be held are being ' were so much against him that he what library work involves and what
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coa^idered and If possible they will be was forced to resign before the finding! opportunities there are in the profes-scaged in the Princess Ballroom, com- j of the enquiry was announced. | .sicn. The course is purely introductory.
.....ring at 7.30 p.m. Will he now pay for the C15.000: Applications must bo in by Saturday.
Nicholson is in charge of the Mid- house which Mr. Bates gave him by June 20th. Applicants should have, and he promises the attractions writing his autobiography? If he docs] their matriculation s'anding. or should I '" M � be good. A new idea will be used find it is a faithful recital it will be! bp entering Grade XII work. There should prove attractive and pop- ' the tale of a penniless boy who be-1 "�*ill be no charge for the course.
t Thore will be eight booths at came a power in politics. Starting as1-------------�-------------
ijuc.icss Park on the evening of the an engine-cleaner, ho became head of'BASEBALL CLUB HAS Ik"? aftPrnoon of July 1st, and on: the railwaymen's union. Derby, a rail- ^r,^ A NTTr7rn . .__.
be b evemngs a bIock downtown will, road center, sent him repeatedly.to the i Kb-UKGANlZhD AND lint lC ^ �^ ^Or ^c concessions, ] Labor benches of parliament, and in' Isid f i �f th�ir bein^ hold on some, flie Macdonald cabinet of 1924 he wa.s I for t h re one would have to look J mnde colonial secretary. La'or he serv-Iwhp- m< It W^' ^e on ^le street,' od as lord privy seal, dominions secre-"T,.!1'p m(>;t' People congregate. i tary and again' as colonial secretary�
lat q , "Jbermen's siiorLs will be held one of tho few Laborites surviving in wi/r !CSS Park anci wil1 include log! the Baldwin "national" government.
Mr. LeBourdais says he is meeting with an excellent response from all the communities to be covered by the map. A considerable part of the estl-mated cost has been-subscribed, and; the successful outcome of the project I seems assured. In connection with the I gigantic road-map it is proposed to; issue an attractive folder descriptive of.
moved by B S; B gangs on Monday as the weight of water wa.s causing some concern to railway engineers.
J. Simonson, of Sou'h Fort Goorge, keeps a record of readings on the gauge near tho old mills!te for the provincial water branch, while tho C. N. R. gauge is used by C.N.R. officials.
The late Sheriff E. S. Peters furnished the local weather bureau with details of high water 60mo 43 years nyo, when tho Fraser attained a Jove! �oual to the top of the concrete piers in the present C.N.R. bridge across the Fraser. Many |x>ints in the west end of town were accessible by canoe and the east portion of the townsite was a haven for paddle-wheelers loading fuel wood or taking on passengers. The main channel ran in front of the City Hall to the 7th avenue slough and. thence following the slough to the
tho interior tapped Hudson Bav property at South Fort
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by the flood, but says reports of it have been greatly magnified. So far as he could learn thoro had been no loss of life in that section of the province.
PLANS SCHEDULE
At a George
mooting hole! at tho hotel Monday night t
Prince he re-
He
Ibeine- ?? 'choppl"ff< G00^ Prizesare People called him "Jim."' He mixed hhoni i Ct aJlci mucn competition: well with nobility and royalty while liv,., o[tevoti by the -different mills1 retaining the affection of the railway ; operati i
operating in the district. The
in thus
nvMi. A
organization of the baseball club wn.s effected. Tho now officers are as fol-j nixed 'ou's: Manager, Fred Lockyer; "treasurer j J. Nicholson: secretary,tVincent Gilesj It was decided to have a two-team league in thc citv and teams were
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will hold a tea. and sale of homo cooking in the ballroom of the Prime George hotel on the afternoon of Saturday, Juno fith. An announcement 'appears in another column.
should bo .'aid that in stumping: ho made sure
m lin i i *-uuuun unoiuci up. mid that in stumping no m.r L y,-^0 take in the Jubilee Exhibition to drop his "niches"�although � Rip,,li uver later in tho season. I has honored him with a doctoi
h Oxford
ai v S f>r?Ces are belnS arranged by 'Joi-V � atl and a lo"P-di.>tanre grind dsome prizes will be undercak.-
I their machines tuned ra'c'ps
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for th
picked under the captainship of Ha! Rogers and Harold Moffat. Apprecia-
of b'vs ('on V;1R exPrrsS(1(' ^(11' tn� kindness of The Citizen in their offer to publish each week the baseball averages. These tram will play three games a week and 'ho standings' and averages will be published weekly. A financial statement of the club's affairs will be published also from time to time by Mr Nicholson. If a proposal by Mr.
has been received from Vic-1 Thompson, of Canyon Crook, finds tor'ia to the effect that tho provincial! favor in Well.s and Wingdam, he will be.heldon thei government'has cut the interest rate construct a first-class diamond at and July 1st, j on delinquent taxes from R to V-,>: I Canyon Creek, where teams of a pro-
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GOVERNMENT CUTS RATE OF INTEREST ON JUNE
�: tennis tournament will be held! FIRST ON TAXES iner Quesnel or Vanderhoof par-" and golfing teams are ex-1 Word Jo:; the holiday. nain dances will s of jline 30lh the best
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thc
music will be secured for! as from the first of Juno, and in the] pesed league will moot every Sunday.
I unorganized districts those in afrear This league will include Prince George for taxes are to be given tho privilege Wells. Winedam and Quesnel, and a
j of working ouf on* year's taxes on tho; play-off .series for a cup will be ar-
! highways. The provincial government ranged at the end of the season.
| has horn pressing for a lower interest
rate on.loans received from the federal1 Rome. Juno 1�Frequent reports government and the cut in the interest! come from Ethiopia of the surrouridinc the] ,.ajr on (;-,x arrears as from June-first of small Italian unit-; by outlaw Ethl-is by way of passing low-inferest bene- apian troops, which in most cases are fits aloiW to those indebted to the! wiped out before assistance can bo
McGEER HOOKS
JP WITH H. H. STEVENS
MUNICIPALITIES
June 2�
irom Van-
� auothor tilt with tho gov-ofore !hi�d'lv- W111^ legislati house dealing
ion wa.s
with the members abandoning
province.
F Hon.
, -Cvrrnmr>nt -i
fs advocated during the last ;, '-ought to have the mat-, ,,a ^PlPct commit'eo of
w l\W move d S"Ovens b
joined tlie motion
Victoria. June -�There Ls some talk of the shifting of the approaching convention of the B. C. Municipalities from the Okanagan to Victoria. With several momentous matters to be dealt with it is suggested the convention �'Mould have ready access t-o members of the government, wliile it is in session.
rushed to them. Thc latest report of this nature has to do with the killing cf thirty men attached to the Italian air force. They were .surrounded before they were aware of their danger. One of the men managed to get a radio mortage through to Addis Ababa and a relieving force was hurried to the f-eene, but arrived late as the last man in the parly liad been killed.
John Ira Dunn, who wa.s fanning in the Pineview district for a number of years died suddenly ;it noon on Friday at his home in this city. Tho deceased was 53 years old health for som held on Tuesday.
George. Should the warm weather 1 continue the Fraser will keep rising as its many tributaries are running banks full.
Tho C. N. R. is having more than tho usual quota of washouts, bo*h east and west, which may delay services for | some considerable time. On Monday i it was reported that the Hansard bridge , had very little clearance with which to enable driftwood to go through. Highways are fortunately not yet affected, but water is ncaring thc road love] of the Vancouver street extension to tho fair grounds, and the fill over the r-lough lit South is only a few foot above the incoming water. The barometer is rising over northern 13. C. and cooler nights are indicated, which will halt ho run-off-to pom" extent. On Tu^s-
tho runoff to pom extent. On Tus Id and had been in poor day {hp riv(jr ^ ^ ft mUn g] er
e time. The funeral was (]m> [Q the ^ncr expansion ovor
LEON BLUM IS FACING TROUBLE IN ASSUMING
CONTROL OF FRANCE
Paris, June 2�Leon Blum, wealthy leader of the Unified Socialists, who is to take over the direction of thV French government within the next few days is facing a troubled outlook. He is going to have trouble in charting a foreign )>o!Jcy with his desire to remain in the good graces of Great Britain and not give too much offence to Mussolini and Hitler, and observers pi-edict an early fall of his government. What must give the now premier even greater concern i.s the country's industrial .situation. A few days ago a strike of 55.000 workers was adju ;ted but today the situation is as bad as ever with a threatened strike1 of the workers hi 7(5 plants, constituting a considerable proportion in the heavy] industrial plants.
Should Italy come forward with a
boiich land, and the fillincr of all sloughs and backwators. Flood warnings have boon broadcast throughout tho Fraser valley.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY ACKNOWLEDGES DONATIONS AT TEA
Tlie officers of tho local iipspital auxiliary desire to acknowledge the following donations in connection with their recent lno tea: Pillow cases from Mrs. Gus Lund. Mr Mrs, E. E. Gregg, Mrs, S, J. Watson-, Mrs.
". W'scnden, 1 A R mwick, r. \. Grj/fith,
W. G. Fra
Mr
Mrs
Mrs
W. .7. Pitman, Mrs. F.
J. I
Mrs
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Mrs. Geoi ' : " -fall and Mi' P illinge Mrs. A. M. Patterson Blair, Mrs. A. P. Ander.-V. Liftler; Dinner Seal E. Marling: and cash Miss Sargent, JM'/s. 'J.
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Me
Arthur, :. Frank Mof-
ToweLs f'"ntn Mi>:. WHllam i tnd Mi". IT.
from Mrs. S. 'nations from richolson oncl
y proposal for the neutralization; of the] Mrs. Frank Cln
Mediterranean. Britain would be put In a troublesome positon. And it. has been reported that Rome might, suggest that the regime now applied to the Si4ez Cannl bo extended to the whole cf the Mediterranean.
A series of Saturday night dances will bo started in the Commodore hall on Saturday evening. Music for the dancing will be supplied by thc Commodore ballroom orchestra.