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PRINCE GEORGE
Vol. 20, No. 24._____^
Sir Francis and Lady Floud In Prince George
High Commissioner For United
Kingdom Making Leisurely
Trip Across Canada
en. Francis Floud, High COmmission-for the United Kingdom, and Lady Soud arrived in Prince George from Fdmonton on Monday night's train, ImH left on Wednesday for Vancouver 7r5 Victoria, via Prince Rupert
air Francis, as high, commissioner, iias been in residence at Earnscliffe, Ottawa for the past two and a half . Ars He is making the trip across Canada to get first hand knowledge of
Thursday, June 17, 1937
Fine Sport Program For Dominion
PERFORMING PLANES, DARING PARACHUTE JUMPER, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL
BOXING, WRESTLING AND LUMBERMEN'S SPORTS ASSURE
GLORIOUS HOLIDAY FOR ALL
Prince George, B. C.
The various committees of the Board of Trade in charge of arrangements lor th? Dominion D^y celebration axe making such splendid progress in lining up their sports ptovram '.hat they alieadv 'eel .sue th. enl.ni.ain-rnent will prove cure of 'he bfist Dominion Day ^'iJtbra'.ior.1- sc far sia^cii "in P.ince G'-( --j
The celebration will cptn with a ba' cball
inc mining and agricultural industries ^conversation with Mayor A. M. Pat-.erson and Secretary J. O. Wdlson of the Board of Trade. With Capt. Ver-
rccm. With
huld in the Princess ball-Prince George's own Boys'
Band en hand at Duchess Park
30 and all
he made a trip to Vanderhoof and return by auto to get a glimpse at the farming development of the district along the highway.
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Saanich Member Is Awarded the Speakership
stage will be all set for a gala occasion.
For the baseball tournament arrangements have been made to have the picturesque Stoney Oreek Indian team on deck. These Indians were runners-up for the championship la->t year and are said to be in fine shape right now, and thai it will take a lot of good ball to beat them. Wells and Wingdam are to be on hand, and with the reorganized Prince George team practicing steadily the committee a'"e promising spectators real classy baseball.
croft on its way here from Vancouver, this year have obviated any chance of disappointment by arranging with Grant McConachie to have two United Air Transport planes on hand the day before the show. In making a definite contract with Roy Lomhe'm of Calgary, the board has secured Canada's acknowledged fcemost parachute performer. Lomheim will bale-out several times from nerve-thrilling heights and Mr. McConachie vouches for his expertness and ability in hair-raising stunts. According to Mi". McConachie, he, as the flyer and Lomheim as the parachute jumper barnstormed the prairie towns in the days before McConachie became the big shot :n the United Air Transport and automatically had to cut out the dangerous stunting in cortsideiation of his official position and in deference to the business interests of his company as-socates.
The Midway will occupy its usual place at the corner of Third and Dominion, and many new features are being introduced this year. Chairr-'.an Stevens is introducing a race horse
Rancher's Body Found Wedged In Log Jam
Mud River Settler Believed To
Have Had Seizure and
Fell in River
arrangements will be completed so that announcement of the principals will be made next week.
In the lumbermen's sports the pizes for chopping, bucking and tie-making
��?����$& MiTS; ���� as -� �/-
The search for John W. Nedon. 24 years cf age. who had been missing for a week ended Monday with the finding of his body wedged in a log jam about two miles from where he had been last seen alive. His brother
In addition to the baseball tournament Dr. McArthur has definitely signed up the Giscome softball team
him to handle timbers. When he did
not return searh was instituted and Ule h was found ^ i
aU t led in the b h Th�
gnd up e aU t led in the b h Th� pm_ and from all reports Prince George ylncIal lice were notified and he softball artists will have then- work; search ended Monday uiLh tne find. cut out to hold this well-sea-son ed, hard j <__nF +i,� v,^,.
cut out to hold this well-sea-son ed, hard playing bunch of ball handlers
The first Mem on the program of July 1 will be the children's decorated bicycle parade for which prizes will be allotted in different classes After the j parade a series of bike races will be held on a section of Third avenue set aside by the city and kept free of all other vehicular traffic. Prizes for these races are causing a lot of hard training among the' enthusiasts and sporty competition and speedy riding
is certain to result. The grand ball on
the evening of
Ing of the body.
Nedon, accordng to his brother, was subject to epileptic fits and it is thought that he had a seizure while working on the bridge and fell into the river. After investigation and1 viewing the seen? of the accident. Coroner M. W. Skinner decided it was not necessary to hold an inquest.
The Provincial police brought the body to Prince George and burial was held Tuesday from the Assman funeral parlors. Rev. Crees conducting the funeral service.
game that is guaranteed to give you I Dominion Day will be held in the j
all the thrill of a real horse race. In the boxing and wrestling section of the program Chairman Munro says he has his local stable of boxers and wrestlers training dil'gently for the
H. G. Perry, Member for Fort The board, having in mind last year's 11 prelims. Arrangements are being made
hard luck in the air show, when the | for outside talent for the main bout*
George, Suggested for Cabinet Appointment
Victoria, June 15�Norman W. Whit- j taker. K.C., Liberal member for Saan- | '.ch. has been selected by the Govern- j ment for the position of Speaker of' the Nineteenth Legislature Premier � Pattullo announced at the close of the ! first post-election meeting- of the provincial executive. Making the axi-noimcement, the Premier snid:
\Hon' H. 'G. Perry, member-elect for J
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chartered plane cracked up at Ash- in both boxing and wrestling and final of the losers.
P ineess ballroom and should afford . an opportunity to socially meet the j visitors to the city, and should give an opportunity to learn from conversation with the athletes just how the ' winners in the various events turned the trick, and also listen to the alibis
Road Projects are Inspected by Federal Officer
REMATURE BLAST
KILLS TWO MINERS
Shaw and Benson Alone In Workings At Time of
George R Shaw, an Englishman 25 years old. and Ragnor Benson, a 40-year-old Swede, both single, were kill-
\Hon- H. G. Perry, member-elect for ; , n . . , . fd Monday about 2 a.m. at the face of
Pert George, the very able Speaker j Mining Koads Program Making the drift in the downstream channel curing the last Legislature advised me] G i^unc �.v.^*. , D. M. Fraiser, Vancouver. Dominion � ----
dance for a considerable time both be- ' government inspector of roadwork be- supposed that Benson, the powder man, fore and after the session, which Mr. ; ing conducted under the Dominion- cut the fuses too short. When brought Perry advised me he could not afford. Piovincial mining roads appropriations
"T feel sure that Mr. Whittaker will .�-p?nt some time in the district and in maintain the best traditions establish-! "company with E. V. Whiting, Provin-cd by hvs predecessors." the Premier j cial relief officer of Prince George, in-roncluded. j spected various projects on which work
Pr'vRtely it was said that Mr. Perry, is now being carried out. In this work -Speaker of the Eighteenth LegLslature it is the intent to provide fifty per arid popular on both sides of the House, cent of labor from the relief rolls, was removing from Vancouver to On the Fort St. James-Manson Prince George, and that this would in- Creek project it is reported work is tot fere with the attention he could RC;ni> on satisfactorily under contract, give to the duties of Speaker between Work oh roads between Prince session-i It was at his own request j Rupert and the Alberta boundary line that he has been replaced, provincial ' is known as Project No. 4. and $20,000 circles intimated. s J 's available for expenditure in the
Norman W. Whittaker. K.C.. M.P.P.- \ Omineca riding. New crews are being
started in the vicinity of Houston on this project. In the Fort George riding on this
elect, is one of the sen'or Liberals in support of the present administration, and has represented Saanich since 1933. A prominent barrister of this city. Mr. Wli'ttaker has been chairman of the municipal committees of the Legislature and also took command of the nqricuHural marketing investigation nt the last session of eighteenth Assembly. The Government gets two strings to ""ts bow by the exchange: rewarding Mr. Whittaker, who was mentioned at one time for the Attorney-Generalship, and returning Mr. Perry to the floor >f the House, where he at once be-
project an- appropriation of $43,500 has been provided for. Work is proceeding along the highway from Prince George to Giscome. and from Giscome to Hansard and other crews are working from Hansard to McBride and Valc-
mont
Project. No 5 covers the highway from Prince George to Osoyocs. and i an appropriation of $85,000 has been provided. In the Fort George riding I $6500 is being spent In the vicinity of \
, TJnce Gcprge.
Mr. EJ-a?fr expressed himself as sat- ! �^fiecl with his Inspection: He left on j Sunday en route to Vancouver, via j �Quesnel.
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Bilboa. Spain, Juno 1G�The Rightist foices today began hemming'in Bilboa both from the north and south in an sv'dent effort to f.;ip Basque defend-
to the surface both men were deaa and their bodies badly mangled. �:--------o-----------
District Mineral Production Up
The annual report of Douglas Lay, resident government mining . engineer for District No. 2, hais just come to hand from the Mines Department at V:ctoria. District No. 2 comprises the four mining divisions of Peace River, Omneca. Quesiiel and Cariboo; is one of the largest mining areas in the province, and a great deal of it is immediately contiguous to Prince George. Tlie total production for tlv's district in 1936 in placer and lodo i.s placed at approximately $2 000,000. In his summary Mr. Lay states the ""district produced the following minerals during 1936:
Lode gold .......36,772 ozs.
Placer gold 21.298 ozs.
Silver .......N 7.8G2 oz-s.
Lead.......... 763 lbs.
Zinc 954 lbv
During the year under review there were 95.419 tons of ore recovered, com-pared with 74.830 tons tho previous year. The first, report of the si:, m'nlng
Consolidated Are Opening Up Quartz Claims
Properties Located About 200
Miles Northwest of
Prince George
Emil D onlund, min'nq; engineer in the employ of the Consolidated Mining &; Smelting Co. Ltd., was in Prince George Saturday; He drove to Fort St. James on Sunday, taking a plane there for the company's camp on Aiken Lake. Northern Omineca.
Aiken Lake is apprpx'mately 80 miles northwesterly from Manscn Ceek pestoffice and 60 miles west of Fort Grahame. The company ha.s had a crew of from eight to ten men engaged in prospecting a lode gold property at Aiken Lake for some time past. Mr.
Bronlund took an additional eight men, ------.. _.
in to explore another lode gold prep-| ests is. being put in shape for opsra-
I Hixon Creek, (Special)�Brian Bris-j coe is acquiring a number of leases j adjoining those in which he has been interested for several years past. He is paying spot cash for those he is taking , ever. On hy- original leases a considerable production has been made, and I the property is equipi>ed with a dain, i flume and ditches costing from $35,000 to $40,000. and has ample water rights. Quesnelle Quartz Mines Ls making a complete underground and .sairfac<> survey for the purpose of mapping the 3000 feet of shafts'! drifts and crosscuts already carried out In the property.
Over an average width of three feet nine inches, values of $17.74 are reported in the winze from the 200 to the 400 foot levels, while on the 400 foot level it is reported there is ten feet of ore which will average $16.49 in gold per ton.
The Hann-Strbac placed deposit re- cently operated by the Langdon inter- h f
pany has recently optioned.
in to xpe g pp. g p
erty in the same district that hiv; com- tion again this season.
! The Cottonwodd property on Hixon ! Creek, being operated by a private I company of which H. G. Perry. M.L.A.. I is president, with C. H. Colgrove in I charge of work, is making good pro-gress and development is turning out 1 satisfactorily. The Improvised nrll de-i signed to meet the peculiar reck conditions met with here Ls about complete and will be in operation just as soon n? the power uirt selected has been
_____ in-tailed and put into l'unnine conrli-
� , , . . ! tion. This company is developing by
Gathering at Duncan I his Yearjw.ay of cne ,o three slop- to depth.
Next
Convention In Prince George
ers between tho sea and mountains. , Lay state Terror stricken women and children !
department.
Island Mountain and Cariboo Gold Quartz properties at Wells B C. Mr.
l
"i me nouse. wnere ne at oiu-e m.- ?"��� ��' -----^ > Kn,,t^ or i
comes perhaps an outstanding debater Wcodpeckei^toout 30 miles south of j
on the Tight of the dais, in a Legisla- ' ".......' *-�����
Hire where oratorical seasoning may be of much service to the ministry.
Resignation of Mr. Perry as Speaker opens the way for this veteran parlin-. mentarian to accept the post of minuter of trade and industry, to be created at the fall session of the House. -------------o-------------
Student Party Will Explore North Country
Trip Outlined Will Cover Six to Seven Hundred Miles By
Packhorse and Boat i Queeii'" minister of hgihways in the j pi;1cer.. Limited.
c, � _ ,--------. , . , nnt'iiio ^ovcniment, was driven from In tne 40-page supplement, a com-
K- H. Corless. Jr., northern boatman ! PnU1'� ^T 1lomC m Hamilton last' H �
Attended bv Delegates From All Lodges
Alf Holniwcod, exalted ruler of the Prince George lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has received a wire from Jo? Roberts, who was the
n-
The.\ ere
hnve n the
p p
:d cne section of pay
into the usual annual report of bhe
incline
coiyvdered tco n nrcfi'n'i'e mining. tering : .cent! s. "B" system c' �?�'i i urently the sanie nected ns tho?e
d shaft, but" it was ?r tho mrfar0 fi- Tiisv aro now en cr^ .of tlir ro-jallcd vxe � voir.=; where ;h>- values are to bs ex- encountered in the
Terror stricken wom the �.�_,._ _____ q____,___l________
fled from Bilboa in droves along the j shut-do\vn at Cariboo Gold Quart/, few avenues of escape left by the in- | eiXV\y m the year when fire completely
dtd th ' lt
the.- 1938 Provincial next June. This year's convention was attended
1 ,. , , �, 1 r 1 DV delegates from practically every
__ ., _ . were largely responsible for ,/, . � .,
the output of lode gold, in spite of the
province.
surgents.
Stockholm, Sweden. June 16�King Gustav V. Europe's oldest
monarch, 'celebrated his 79th birthday
Xy y py
destroyed the company's power /plant. Although the year witne.ced ?� notice-, able expansion in placering. with many reigning , smau operations coming into the fa-
chief contributors to the
toda.v by playing a game of tennis. tctal of placer gold were Consolidated
Toronto, June 16�Hon. T. B. Me- C7Old AlluviaLs Limited and Bullion
- guide, received word this, week from Professor Nicholas Tsmetieff. of Upper Canada College, that he would arrive in Prince Georg? about July 23, w-th a party of 36 college students, nnd JwUinR him to take chargo of preliminary arrangements and �t as guide L* 'he party on a trip northerly from prince George. Mr. Corless has already �� l . bui|dinj? jQur e:xira boats at
� Lake for the summer's work, a letter to J. O. Wilson of the I of Trade Professor Ignetieff out-(Continued on Page Four)
In tj,e 40page supplement, a com
^ Hamilton last prehensive review of the numerous JJgt wrSlng from flu and will not | placer Oparations, particularly in the likely be back to his desk for several ; Germansen. Manson and Slate Creek weeks Premier Hepburn is also 1 areas \s g\ven. while the last few pages - '�' !- **" dtd t lod ti
slightly
ill at liis hotel here, but is ex-
peoted to be bilCk at Ms desk d
p Thursday.
fc, Sask., Jun 16�Petitions were >r signatures among j
are devoted to lode operation notes on the Omineca district by Charles Graham and the Cariboo area by Thomas R. Jackson.
mortgage
^w _____D . A new street light has been installed
tliis district; in front of the hospital by the city threatened council through the efforts of the hos-by two pital board, and Ls greatly appreciated
l-y citisens generally.
submitted to the convention dealing with the- society's welfare activities rnd showed that all lodges in the \ro-vinee were keping up their efforts to provide playgrounds for children, wading pools, milk supply depots for undernourished clrldrcn. baby clinics, rinks on corner lots, hockey and baseball clubs, boy scout troops and ninny ether movements having to do with and for the benefit of the young people of the community.
The friendly battle for the 1938 Provincial convention was quite keen but Joe succeeded in limns up a solid bunch of supporters aaid after a spirited contest won out for Prince George. Tills Ls the first time that a Provincial convention of the BP.O.E. has been held in British Columbia in any city north of the C.P.R. main line, 'That the good work the B.P.O.E. is doing for tlie nation is ' appreciated tlirougrhout Canada is attested by an
first occurrence. It Ls th"1 company's intention to develop at increaiintf depth these various recurroncr-o of (>n-rj'ched sections as demonstrated in the QLK-sne'V? Quartz opration soni2 five to :;s hunc-ved feet distant asha\7e bech recorded from time to t:me by engineer-i.ig Inspections and �� uai milling operations. Prcductiorl is scheduled 10 Reports wore ; st;m by mid.Julv.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
� Continued on
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Kingston. Out., Juno 16�Hon. Norman Rogers, federal minister of labor, told Kingston Liberal Association here-toda.v that part of Canada's inheritance cf British freedom is that employees have the right to band together for collective bargaining with employers.
Toronto. Jime 16�Medical me.11 are today hailing with glee the knowledge that a poss'ble prevention of silcosis, a. hitherto uuuirablo and costly disease, has been foiuid by J. J. Denny. M. Sc., metalurgical engineer, and Dr. W. R. Robinson, cliief surgeon of the Mic-Iiityre gold mine, and Dv. Dudley E. Irwin of the department of Medical Research, under Sir Frederick Banting.
Premier T. D. Pattullo has announced late October as the time for a fall session of the le;