Prince George. B. C.
City Council Adopts Budget For Year 1938
Expenditure of: |i29,497.74 Provided For Various City Services
T� " C. CReid reported progress on
j�1ect matter and meeti he c�uncU at the next
adjourned.
Horticultural Society Holds Annual Meeting
Officers Elected For Year And
Plans For City Beautifi-
cation Adopted
A. large and enthusiastic gathering attended the annual meeting of the Prince George Horticultural Society in the Prince George Ballroom on the evening of April 7. The outstanding feature was the picture slides dealin� with perennial borders, flowers and shrubs, which were shown in conjunction with an interesting lecture given by James Travis, the district agriculturist.
The followig officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, E. F. Little.
Vice-president, F. C. Saunders.
Secretary, Ernest Davies.
Treasurer, R. A. Harlow.
The aims and objects of the Horticultural Society are, to encourage and assist in growing more and better flower gardens, the planting of trees. shrubs and hedges, and the laying out of boulevards and parks. Generally speaking, to help improve and beautify the city and district.
In co-operation with the city administration, the association have al-leady assisted in bringing the city hall grounds into some semblance of order and beauty, and have just recently prepared a plan for the hospital grounds, which will be presented to the board for their approval, at their next monthly meeting. And it is to be hoped these grounds will be beautified somewhat, within a reasonable length of time,
The society are also considering tne feasibility of beautifying the cemetery grounds. The difficulty here, is lack of water but it has been suggested water might be brought from a creek on Pedens Hill, and this phase of the subject is now> being studied.
The home and garden competition will again be carried on this year. All gardens of sufficient merit will be examined and rated according to the rules by the judges twice during the season. This competition is in two classe-s� one for two lots or less, and the other, three lots or more. The judges are James Travis, Herb Wood and M. S.
Cairfe.
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Robert Wilson, P.G.E. Manager, In Pr. George
Government Railway Showing
Satisfactory Operating
Surpluus Each Year
Robert Wilson, manager of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, was in town during the week-end, in connection with freight and passenger business possible by the stage connection between Prince George and the terminus of the P.G.E. at Quesnel.
Mr. Wilson was optimistic about the future of Cariboo and Prince George, particularly in regard to mining developments which have proven such an important factor in increasing the revenues of the railway.
The P. G. E. Railway now shows a satisfactory operating surplus of from $50,000 to $100,000 per year which is a tremendous change from the situation a few years ago when its operating deficit was over $400,000 per year.
Mr. Wilson has shown himself anxious to meet difficulties of shippers in the Cariboo and a spirit of goodwill exists between the management and the shippers along the line.
While Mr. Wilson has nothing to do with policy regarding extension of the P. G. E.. he is well aware-of the fact that'the ultimate success of the railway depends upon its connection through Prince George to the Peace River. _______
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN CALGARY
Big Tourist Attraction In Northern Trip
Motor From Prince George 3i
Miles Then Float Down
To Arctic Ocean
Dick Corless jr., pioneer guide and freighter, is getting his gear all in ship-shape for the season's work of taking freight and tourists "down, over the top" of the continent from Prince George.
Dick has been the chief freighter for the Hudson's Bay Co. and other traders along the route from. Prince George to Finlay Forks and up the Pinlay north for many years past and is looking forward to a big trade this season.
He has already booked a party of over thirty university students from Eastern Canada, under the sponsorship of the Schools Exploration Society of Canada, with Count N. Ignatief as leader of the party.
Prince George is situated at the closest point from which the waters of the Arctic watershed may be reached with highway, rail and air connections with the outside world. Boat and canoe trips may be taken in all directions from this cityu All supplies needed for such a trip may be purchased in Prince George. Guides and licences may be arranged for here.
Wilderness boat trips may be taken up the Fraser river and its tributaries (east) or up the Nechako river (west) to the Stdart river and into Stuart lake. Another trip is down the Fraser (south) and up the Black-water on Sir Alexander Mackenzie's original trail.
Anx exciting trip may be taken on the^Arctic waters from Summit lake, situated' 32 miles north, of Prince George. Leaving the lake one travels down the crooked river, a small swift stream, through many lakes to Mc-Leod's lake post. At this point is a Hudson's Bay Co. and two other trading posts. Leaving here one goes down the Pack river which is somewhat larger than the Crooked to its confluence with the Parsnip river. Down the Parsnip to Finlay Forks, where it joins the Finlay river to make the mighty Peace river, then 85 miles through the heart of the Rockies to the Rocky Mountain Canyon, across the 14-mile portage to Hudson's Hope, and into the great Peace River country. One may go. ,05*1300 miles to the Arctic Circle if the time and money are available but the boat trip may be ended at Fort St. John, 70 miles west of Hudson's Hope. At this point one may board the weekly plane and for a very reasonable sum return over the Rockies by air. At Fort St. John is situated a radio station, post office and store.
This outdoor trip is the finest in Canada. The fishing is unexcelled and it is not unusual to see 20 moose in a day. as well as other game. The scenery is equal to that in Switzerland. The distance from Summit lake to Fort St. John is 350 miles and if time is short may be � made without hurry in five days return. The usual plan is to spend '. at least two weeks making many side trips along the route, climbing mountains or fishing in the many tributary streams.
At present one of the principal products of this vast territory is fur. over $75,000 worth repiesenting last year's catch.
Mrs. p. B. Greenwood, Daughter of D�
G. Williams. Formerly raught
School in Prince George
Mrs P. B. Greemvopd of Evnnsburg, Alta formerly Mary Carolina Wil-iiams of this city, passed away on . Monday, April 1.1, in Calgary. She was 1 born in Vancouver in 1903, and came to Prince George with her parents In 1915. She graduated from the local I public and high schools: and then.at- . tended the Vancouver Normal School. She taught at Mud River and later was en the staff of the local public school for the last two and a half years pre-ceding her mairtage in 1927. Since then she has resided in Albeita. with , the exception of a visit here in 1932.
She leaves to mourn her loss her j husband, one daughter. Joyce; her 1 father. D. G. Williams, two brotheis , and seven sisters.
Pioneer Woman Resident Dies In Quesnel
Wife of Captain Foster, River
Steamboat Skipper In
Early Days
Mrs. Jean Foster, wife of Capt. Foster, well known old time river captain on the Fraser and Nechako rivers, died in Quesnel on Saturday last.
Mrs. Foster was well known m Prince George, and many years ago resided .for a period at South Fort George. Besides her husbad, a son and two daughters are ^lef t to mourn her loss.
The funeral took place at Quesnel on Tuesday. The late* Mrs, Foster was heavily interested in the original Quesnelle Quartz mine at Hixon and is believed to have continued her Interest in the present company which is now erecting a mill on the property.
WOMEN'S LIBERAL
BRIDGE AND DANCE
A large crowd, attended the bridge and dance in the Commodore Hall last Friday held under the auspices of the Women's Liberal Association. Snappy music was furnished by the Hesse orchestra and a good evening's enjoyment was had by all who attended.
Great Britain has voted $50,000 for refugee children of Spain.
March Shows Falling Off In Timber Scale
Spruce Down and Fir Slightly
Up, Cordwood, Ties And
Timbers All Down
The log scale for March. 1938,-in the Fort George Forestry District as released from the office of the District Forester R. D. Greggor, Prince George, shows a decrease in the spruce log scale of upwards of 350,000 f.b.m. for the month. Douglas fir made a slight gain of some 58,000 f.b.m.; and poles doubled In footage for the month compared with. February. Cordwood, ties, mine timbers all dropped during the month. The cut in the various species for the month was as follows:
Sawlogs F3.M.
Douglas Fir .................................... 160,713
Spruce ..............................................2,140,494
Lodge pole pine............................ 86,555
Balsam ........................'.................... 17,813
Total for month ......................2,405,575
Total for year ..........................7,533,013
Poles Cedar�lineal feet...........................17,380
Total for year ................................43,310
Cordwood
Cords...................................................... 518
Total for year ................................2,998
Ties
Douglas fir.......................................... 7,522
Lodge pole pine ................................ 6,303
Total for month ..........................13,825
Total for year ................................41,435
Mine Timbers Linear feet ........................................ 816
Total for year ............................114.874
Fence Posts
Total for month ..................................nil
Total for year�cords ....................139
Mine Props Cords ..........................................................137
Total for year
.305
B.P.0.L Lodge Plans Big Time For Empire Day
Prince George Elks Will Stage
Usual Celebration For
Kiddies May 24
The local lodge of the B. P. O. E. is planning on a big celebration for both young and old on Empire Day. May 24, as has been their custom for many years past.
The children are to meet at the City Hall grounds in the early afternoon when the Union Jack will be raised and unfurled and an address given on th'e flag. This will be followed by a motor ride around the old loop road and back to town and to a tree matinee show At the Strand Theatre. Then the Brother Bills, as Elks are often called,-will serve out gallons of ice cream freely and they have assured the Citizen there will be plenty for all.
But the best show of all is expected to be in the evening probably aboui. 7:30 when a children's masquerade ball will be held in the Princess Theatre and every child should start right now to get ready a masquerade dress as the Elks want this to be even a better show than the excellent one last year, for many outside people will be in town for the big provincial convention of Elks to be held on the 26th anu 27th.
After the children's masquerade ball the annual dance for adults will be held and everybody in town will go to that for it is from this dance that the Elks expect to get part of the expenses incurred for the children's good time on the 24th.
Legion Has Over Fifteen Hundred Aetive Branches
Legion Will Support Conscription of Man-Power, Wealth And Materials
WEATHER REPORT
(Prepared by R. B. Carter) For week ending April 12. 193tf:
Wednesday ........................55.0 16.2
Thursday ..............................53.5 34.2
Friday ....................... .......60.0 37.0
Saturday .........7...................50.2 39.2
Sunday.................................51.2 26.0
Monday..................................50.0 33.0
Tuesday ................................54.5 27.5
Sunshine, 24 hours. 6 minutes; precipitation, .34 inches (rain).
Partly cloudy, cool, showery weather is indicated over the Easter period.
The Fort St. James district experienced a freak storm last Sunday when thunder was heard during a heavy snowstorm. In the clearing weather which followed the temperature dropped below zero.
The ice in the Fraser river commenced to break up during the week and open water is now visible.
. The cold production for Attin district is placed at $700,000 for 1937. In 1899 it was $800,000 and in 1936, $530.-000.
Robert Mac.nicol, executive secretary for British Columbia of the: Canadian Legion, is making a tour of the province calling on the various associations, and last Saturday night addressed a meeting of veteraiis in Legion Hall, Prince George. Mr. Mac-nicol gave, a very interesting and instructive address covering the veterans' problems, and some of the highlights discussed by him follow:
The Legion is the largest body of ex-servicemen in Canada and as such, commands an administrative machinery second to no other organization of any type, with the exception of governmental departments.
No less than 1,542 branches and auxiliaries made up the Legion organization of which there are 167 in the United States.
Veterans a Strong Moral Force Our veterans have always proved a strong moral force in the community in which they live and work.
British Columbia is in a very difficult position in so far as distress amongst veterans may be concerned, because so many of the unemployed come to B.C.. including small pensioners and those in receipt of War Veterans' Allowances, all of them seeking certain types of light employment in order to make up their allowances to a sufficient amount upon which they can exist.
Millions of dollars can be found for wars and if necessary for defence against war. all of which may be necessary, but veterans feel that while providing money for defence and for war, we should at one and the same time mop up on the last war by taking adequate care of the victims of that' conflict.
Promises Made During Great War Many forget that fairly adequate promises were made during the recruiting period of the Great War and on the battlefields by men in public life at that time, including Sir Robert Borden. war-time premier. Speaking to the Canadian Forces in France "in 1917, SIr'Robert Borden in his address, said: "The government and the country will consider it their first duty lo see that a proper appreciation of your effort anri of your courage i> brought to the notice of the people at home, and it will always be our endeavor to so guide the attitude of public opinion, that the country will support the government to prove to the � returned man its just and due appreciation of the inestimable value of the services rendered to the country and Empire; and that no man. whether he goes back or whether he remains in Flanders will have just cause to reproach trie "government for having broken with the man who won and the men who died."
Surely these words of Sir Robert J Borden, said in all sincerity at that time, may be taken as a contractual obligation, an obligation written in the blood of the best young manhood of Canada in the years 1914-1918, as even more binding than that written in printers ink on a War Victory Bond.
Investors Well. Treated War loans to the amount of $1,395,- . 624.000 were sold.
You hear much about the large sums of money spent upon the veterans, of the Great Wtar, but very little about the liberal treatment of those who supplied the money.
When you consider that thousands of men were risking their lives for an "Ideal" without any thought of tne financial reward, and that investors in War Victory Bonds were receiving five to five and a half per cent interest with no income tax payment on same, $ then you will agree that there is still a balance to be adjusted as between the men who served and are in distress and the treatment of those who did not take much risk in financing the war effort. Remember that an investment of $100,000 in War" Victory Bonds at five and a half per cent brought in twenty years a very substantial profit of $110,000 with no income tax to pay, yet Canada charges income tax on war disability pensions and has done so since the year 1934.
We veterans do not complain about the profits made from these bonds, but we resent the almost constant propaganda about the amount of money being spent on the survivors of that war that made money for a certain number of people throughout the world. Legion Supports Conscription"~ If there is another war, we intend to do everything possible to prevent a recurrence of what happened in the Great War. The Legion supports conscription of man-power, wealth, materials, for all purposes this so as to equalize the sacrifices that have to be made in a time of war.
Canada enlisted 619.636 for service in the Great-War; 193.105 served in Can-(Continued on Page five)