PRINCE GEORGE. B. C
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14,
Government Is j Being Asked to j Mechanize Mines
r F. dc Ganahl Memoralize: Boards of Trade on Methods of Assisting Mining APPEALS IxToTTAWA
Removal of the Existing Duties on Mining Machinery Again Being Stressed
rnarles. F deGanahl, who has been
�felted-with showing- commendable fSrbrtee in the development of min-i _ proper-tie's in ths soutnern p*M Jon If tlie Omineca mining division, has
ddressed a communication to boards % trade of the Central Interior seek-ne their co-operation ki support of a rilicy of "mechanized, prospecting" rhi'ch he is advocating with the fed-,ra] government. Mr. de Ganahl hails iwn New York, and it is not surpris-ne that he has been impressed with' he lack of transportation facilities in
fe oinineca d'strict, which manifestly fora down the proving of/potential nining properties; and he Is also irn-irefsed with the development handi-ajRencountered in ..the duties imposed
paji mining nuicrunery.
Mr. de Ganahl's formula for the de-Icpment of "mining in the Omineca is irst the'construction of the necessary � ris into the mines. He finds road ,;iL-traction in the Omineca ha-j been long the line of the least physical re-isiance, with the result the roads do 'ot effect contact with the mines. It �ouW be unfair to suggest Mr. de Gan-h.1 finds fault with the location of uch roads as have been built along- the
no of the least physical difficulty. Tv's he doubtless recognizes as good ngineering, but his complaint is rather tat, the government system of road-nilding stops short with trunk-road cr^truction, with the result the min-,ig proi>orties are not tied in with he highway system. Most residents of lie province will concede the provin-ial authorities have been slow in pro-Idin? actuate transportation for the lines, and now that mining has Mken
spurt this deficiency has been em-iha^zed. but it has largely been due o in.Mifficient capital, and no; to fail-ue to appreciate the advantages of a .1 U-devclcped mining industry. In the iast all the money required for road :r--traction within the province had o b: found by the provincial governed, but within the past year the
cicrnl government has agreed 10 find
substantial part of the cost of contraction of approved mining roads. rhis has resulted in the speeding up [ mining-road construction duriiig the attcr part of 1936, and there i.s reason c believe the benefits accruing will arnuit a continuance of the |K>lic:�- of
mi contribution. To a certain cx-fiH the problem of adequate mining-teems to be oi> the roud to sol-lUon.
- to the desirability of removing; he customs tariff from mining mach-nery those resident In the mining dls-
:?t= appear to be all in favor of ?.ueh
course. This was an issue in the lust *ral eloction. and is covered by that tank in the Liberal platform which
�'�* for the removal of customs dutie:. roni the implements of production whether they relate to milling, fi<:ri-;i-nire or lumbering. ^
It i.s when Mr. de Ganahl proposes ' hat governmental authority .should
opt rame system of assisted miechan-
�d prospecting that he is breaking . w crotmd. He explains that his own �mpany's operations which have call-_� the profit, of the subsequent "15. Even this Is not entirely . thp provincial government, since ;"e nception of "mining in B. C. has Lw e to tlme offered a measure of gj�nee to those engaged in the "^ of ore-,, both in crushing, �S_ nnd refining, although these n'ci not come as close to the Jras would the policy advocated hat �, , �anahl. Nor can it be sa'd )f tho1 RUCcess attended the efforts the �!� provincial government to assist i do* n n* inc"istry. This., however, I
: ' dcubtliBss be "worked out. ils g\^ G^-hl has no illusions that 'Wo'it Pan be f>ut int� pi-act:ce ; ic>, brin .nsldern->le sp^de work, but K"^fr rr?incr ^ ^ th" attention of the ' its ttieru ade of Lho country so that r�-^mRy ^ determined. Tho, � ii doubtless bs given the most a}>l ha* fli derstlPn, nni Mr de Gr.n-kers or .^ls advanta.re. that the mem-|'rc-iv'p.!nn '�nrds of trade who may ^n h-<; proposals will not be ^v the immediate necessity the monev "required to give "^ r resolutions.
Waterway Treaty Goes to the U.S. Senate Again
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Election Changes Believed to Have Increased Strength of Supporters of Project
CANADA IS LUKEWARM j
On Existing Cost Basis Canada Would be Required to Find #142,204,000 of Total
Wellington, Jan. 9�Whether/the ' Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Deep-Water-way Treaty is ratified by thjjfbrthcom-ijig session of congress or/fails of ra.ti-Lcation again as it did in 1934 depends chiefly ui>on President Rociievelt,'." in the opinion of Jeg slative leaders and veteran obsepvers here. The belief prevails that^the treaty, with or without revision.'' will be resubmitted to the senate at this session. If President pUfcsevelt gives delinite word to senate -'leaders that he de-ires its ratification, many here believe that his influence will be sufficient to achieve -.success where failure resulted in 1934.
Substantial amendment to the treaty may be dangerous, however, as it will j ill have to ba approved by the Canadian parliament, and enthusiasm for the waterways improvement has been waning in Canada for some time.
Opposition in the senate in 1934 developed along sectional rather than party lines in 1934. Sime the last vote was taken there have been thirty changes in the psrsonnel of the senate and oppenenus of the treaty have lost more heavily than have the pro-ixments of the measure. The changes might readily make in> the twelve votes the treaty lucked in 1934 to scours ratification.
The St. Lawrence waterway project is not exactly new. for an all-water route from Lake Superior to the Atlantic has existed for more than 100 ye:>rs. The project now pending:, how-r ver, involves the construction of locks and dams and the creation of facilities which would permit ocean carriage in-hind to a much greater distance and degree than is "now possible. Supporters of the project emphasize that it is- a "searcad into a continent." and net an inland waterway. Neither w-ill the seaway be a canal since more than 97 per cent'of its length will be through what is defined as open water.
The route of the waterway is 1,677 miles long from the head of Lake Su-rcricr to Father Point, at the head of the Gulf cf St. Lawrence. When completed, there would be sixteen locks pnd'bnly about forty miles of canaJL Besides. providing a deep-water ch an-n I fcr ocean vessels clear to the head of the Great Lakes, the project would V'Muce millions of horsepower.
The Great Lakes, from DuJuth to the foot of Lake Erie make up 970 miles c.-f the route. Only the connecting channels of these lakes, the St. Mary's River, the St. Clair River "and the De-! ot River, require any blasting to pro-v de deep-water transportation. This nt k and a new lock in the Sault Ste. Marie would clear the channel from the head of Lake Superior to the foot of Lake Erie.
The Welland ship canal built by Canada, overcomes the 325 foot drop brtween Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It hn.s a depth of twenty-seven feet and a width of thirty feet. This takes the waterway into Lake Ontario, and that lake carries it through to the St. Lawrence.
There is a 183-mile river section from the font, of L^ke Ontario to Montreal. 115 miles of which is international waters. It is this section where (he greatest cost of construction wovrcl b > incurred, where '2.200.000 horsepower I f electricity would be developed and <"-o:vi which have arisen the greatest cblections to the project
Tlie estimated c estimated that the-United States would Mfnd $215.492 000 and C?nada $59,250,000. Tt is estimated! tr'at Canada already has spent-.$128.-'. 772 000 on the waterway nnd her share of the remainder would be S142.204.000. The United States is estimated to have � T-nt $�3 461.000. and would have to rpend an additional $248,992,000 to complete its .share of the program.
CALIFORNIA'S CITRUS CROP BADLY DAMAGED BY COLD SPELL
Tcs Angeles, Jan. 11�The drop In the temperature b.idly dmmged the p.'.tms crot) throughout Southern Call- , f -nia Tlie full extent of� the damage | h-.- yet to be learnod but it as conced- i 'cd the ornnee crop loss will upproxi- | nvxte fifteen per cent. R'sln.^ tsnip?r-rtures were promised today.
Five Cenu
Charles Mattson was Murdered by His Kidnappers
His,Nude Body Found Monctey in Bush About Six Miih^ from City of Everett y^
HEAD WAS 13EATEN IN
Victim Evidently Met Death 2 Days Before His Body Was Taken To The Bush
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS GO BY ACCLAMATION IN CITY MONDAY
The municpal elections went by acclamation in the city on Mon--'or. For the vacancies on the city council Aldermen W. H. Crocker. Jo hua N. Keller and C. C. Reid were reflected; and for the b)ard cf school trustees Frank Clark, Joshua N. Keller and A. M. Patterson were declared re-elected.
Mayor Patterson was pla=scovei; A. Davis, Esquire: George Williams. Chaplain; T. S. Carmiphael, HLs'.orian; J. Roberts. Secretary-Treasurer: and F. D. Taylor who was added to the board of trustees.. The ceremony of installation was followed by an entertainment and banquet.
SKIING ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF MARTIN BROMMELAND
Martin IJrommehuid fourteen-year-old son of Martin Broinmc-land of Giscome, ditvtl in hi.^ hrmt' on Tuesday as the result of an ne-c:dent while skiine en Monday af-tc,moon. Ccmin? dc-u-n a hill ide the boy was thrown with considerable frro<' aero-s a stump. He did net appear to have been severely �injured, made his way heme and pas-eri ;i f?ir nijrht^ In the morn-it nipla'nd;> cf p-iins in the abdomen and went b;iek to bed. Dr. Ewert was sumnn netf and made a Ivty f'ip tc Gi'come, but before lie could arrive death had ensued.
PRINCE GEORGE PLAYS GOOD HOCKEY AGAINST ISLAND MOUNTAIN
The people cf Prince George have &n interest in the civil war in Spain other- than the i>omewhat prosiac one of making democracy safe in the land of the dons, and the giving of dancer and bridges to raise funds for the hospitalization of the men doing, the actual fighting. For. the post twe months the center of interest in the defence of Madrid has been the International Brigade, which ha-3 been knocking down General Franco's Moors Germans and Italians like so many ninepins. This brigade at the outset, was composed of a lot of soldiers of fortune drawn from the four corners of the earth, and it now develops the man at the head of it�Emil Kleber� is a natiu-al'.zed Canadian and onetime sidekick of Tim Buck, the Communist, who went to Spain "during the summer while on a t:cket-of-leave from Kingston penitentiary. It is not on record that Tim Buck did any actual fighting while he was in Madrid, bat when he got back to Canada there came a noticeable increase in the cause of democracy in Spain on the P-irt of a number of people resident in Canada who had appeared somewhat indifferent as to the fortunes of democracy in this dominion.
The bridge and dance held in thi' city is said to have been a success financially, but had it been generallv known.that the chief fighting man in Spain is a Canadian, the C. C. F. an^ Communist circles might readily havf tapped Prince George sympathies t' an even greater extent. Emil Klrbev is an Austrian by birth, and he hi:-been fighting off and on in nil part-of the world sines the outbreak of the great war. He is described as n Communist., but those closest to him say he is not -;o much a Commiursi as the avowed enemy of Fascism: Kleber's f:ghtinsr record i.s one which cajt be Fd against that of anv cfbe*-man of the times. He was drafted into the Austrian 'army, and in a short time found himself an officer fightiiv against the forces of the Czar of aT the Riissias. who even th^n were honeycombed with revolutionary propaganda which before the war was ove was due to topple over the Russian throne. KTleber at this period in hi' career was mere Communist than anything else. He was reported as havin" bei'n captured by the Russians. atr: �yemo time later was paid to have mad^ his esrnpc.
Inftend of rrjcin'ncr the-Au~trfo^ forces Kleber made his way to Can-pda. where he became the associate o-Tim Buck, who latT was to be co~.rn-' up in Kingston psh'tentiary for h;-Communist hct.ivities. become the ringv-CContinued on Page 2)
Spirited Play by Members of Both Teams Ends in a 5-0 Win for Prince George
b.^d-.-raiseci the money and had en-;'r-fxd for several day-3 to make con-' t" '.. with the kidnapper for the pay-
"f. In lr<^ ransom note the kidnap-r -.- informed the fathei* thai contact c ulrt be arranged throueh the personal ccjluinn.5 of the Seattl-1 Times. A rerics of advertisements inserted by j thp father pppeared in the n-s\yspaper-p"nd were answered by the kidnapiJer. <� by hi-jaclcers trying to break in on �"re rarsom payment, but they were so cenfusing or ccnt/ariic'ory thnt^contact vas never effected. The ix):ice Ij^ve yet. to make, their dec'sipn whetheri.the confusion in.the preliminaries for the pay-off, was due to' the fact the kidnapper is a man with a disovderec! mind, or whether it came as the re-ptllt of hijackers trying to muscle-in on the random It seems obvious now that the ransom preliminaries were continued for wme time after young Mattson had been s'a:n. a^ was also the case in the Lindbergh kidnapping
The G-men are believed to have a clue in the ca.se. It has to do witU two ex-convict^ who are known to ^ffx hern registered at a Tacoma hotel wr tvo weeks prior to t lie kidnapping, but who checked out - n the same day They a-sert one of these men may p-ove to be the "Tim" of the ransom roTerDondonce. Tliey have good descriptions of the men and will probably p.i>nrehend them and determine wbai l>3rt if anv they had in the kidnapp'ns' ajid murder.
CANADA'S CAR LOADINGS CONTINUE TO GAIN
Montreal. Jan. 11�Car lood'nes in Canada for the we?k ending January 2nd were 37,290 f-3 compared' with 34.-458 for the corre^panding week of thr previous year.
Island Mountain shitri>-shcote.rs by a .oir of five to nothing, before a re-�c-d covvd of nearly ; three : hundred. Strcbik', in go.il, did an excellent job for the home team and was well supported by the defence, who were jointly responsible for the first shut-out of the ?S2�son.
T)\c play was slow during the first period, neither side doing any damage \s the play went from one end of the ice to the other. Rogers came close 'v'th n hard shot that Sinclair �ot on his pads. Tlie Islanders broke fast. with a three-man attack lead bv Walters, at centre, but. Nehring and Carson were- on the job to take them out of the play before they could suh close pnouah to do any damffge,
Ccvless got the first goal of the game :n n nice pass from Rogers,- about one. minute before the end of the period j There were no penalties so far
The game began to get faster in the ; �^(voiid period Gocdwin geUmr the >e-'"�Qnd coal for Princ?. the avssist go'ni | to Friend. Waller and Puckett both 'ri.ed for the net but neither came clc^e with' their shots, At the e than at any time since the outbreak of h'o'st 111 ties. For the first tim/1 there is evidence of cencorted acUor on the part of Japan with Italy anc? Germany in. armed intei"vention ir Spain. While Great Britain anc' France have been working with indifferent success to brine;- fbout the dis-couragement of enlistments in Itulr and Germany for milHary service in support of the insurgents, the British government received word th-at Japan laas ninde arrange.niohts for the landing of 5000 Japanese troops at Cadiz on the Atlantic coast-, to fight with thr Gorman contingent which !�; supporting General Franco.
A dispatch from Paris >tv\s thr* French government lias served notiw upon the insurgent command in Spnn-ish Morocco that it will require the immediate eradiation of the Germar troops at present in Spanish Moroccc and l-uv> ordered the French commanf1 to employ his 100,000 troops to see that no encroachment is mad--> upon the territoiT of French Morocco.
In official circles it i.s reported the British navy Ms been ordered to institute n blcckpde of the entire Spanish coast in tho Mediterranean and! to prevent the landing of ill foreign v,!-unteer-s for militaiy service �n Sva\\u unless the eoveniments of Italv. Germany and, Russia agree +o the Frenco-British proposal tc prevent enlistments for foreign service in their respeGtlvc count'ir-; The wcrk of establishin" the blockade of the Pranish censt i-bring wished on Great Britain on tho score tllat she is the most diisinterefrt.* ed of the nations seeking to end' thn civil war in Spain for the preservation of th? peace of Eurrpp. but it Is sair' Uie. ,o:hr-r powers will ,be reqirred to t in mcdntaiit'ng the blockade.