j- 7i. No- 27. Thursday, July 7, 1938. ormer City Man Shot [a Prince Rupert Slaying Inspector w. j. service and sergeant gibson r killed by taxi driver Mike Gurvich Slain Prince George-, B. C. William John Service, 46, inspector of provincial police, Prince ? rt formerly stationed, at Prince George as sergeant, was shot lead in his office in the Prince Rupert Court House, July 4, in a pectacular slaying in which three men lost their lives. Serjeant Robert Gibson, who lay in the Prince Rupert General with a bullet hole in his head, succumbed on the morning V 5 Mike Gurvich who killed the� officers was later himself shot Zld by either Corp. Harold Raybone 6r Constable George H. Clarke, who nursucd him to a beer parlor and re-urned Gurvich's gun fire. Gurvich Ps shOt through the forehead. In-nector Service was shot through the nek of the head and neck. Gurvich, who was a taxi driver, had teen served a summons for trespassing in the C. N. R. wharf. It is believed hat the police had previously had rouble with the man concerning the j ig of his car, and he had become mown as a troublemaker, | killer was reported as having Lightning . Strikes Twice Miracles do happen, and lightning does strike twice. These statements are made on authority of two city residents who had experiences with lightning during the heavy thunderstorm here Sunday. The killer was reported as navmg j While Mrs. Oscar Bauch was in-nroceecled to the Court House and de- I specting poultry stock in the chicken ibersttelv shot Service without warn- j house, she was suddenly stunned by ir" Gibson was chief clerk at the divi- a cruel shaft of lightning which ran banal office and was shot at the same down one side of her body, leaving I:?!-L^p '� absolutely unscathed, but completely Service Well Know* Here I frightened. Inspector Service was widely known | Equally thrilling was the experience i the Prince George area and had a Sunday of Mrs. Thomas Christenson. lest of friends in this city. He was Mrs. Christenson. fascinated by the tnown as a conscientious officer, and | dancing forks of lightning playing toted in the service at an early age. j across the sky. was quietly regarding The inspector came here in 1914. the display from her kitchen window when suddenly she saw a spear of lightning rip into the earth. After she had recovered from the surprise of the phenomenon, she inspected the ground to find a fairly largo piece of ground smoking like a partially bu "ied out bonfire. Lightning struck twice in Prince Rhen he was stationed at South Fort Dige. He went overseas with the i>2nd Battalion and on his return was wed to Smithers, but was trans-erred back to this city in 1925, serving here as a provincial sergeant until He was a, member of Cariboo Lo?2e No. 65. I.O.O.F.. and was also onneeted with the Omineca Lodge No. 2. of the Masonic Order, at Smithers. &.<; bonv -in Baltymena. County Dfcrlm. Ireland. He is survived by his fe and five children. | George ,albeit in two separate places. -------------o------------- �DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS UNITE FOR BI^ CAMP !alifornians In City On Flying Visit prominent Barrister and Airman Pleased with Local Airport Piloting a brilliant red 450 h.p. Beechcraft, J. F. (Jay) Goux, and George F. Hammond, flyins vacationists from Santa Barbara, Calif., landed at the city airport June 30. Their arrival was happily coincident with the July. 1 celebration, and air show, and the inclusion of the Beeehcraft m the flying display greatly, enhanced the brilliance of the Domnion Day spec-I tacle. Mr. Hammond, owner and pilot of the ship, expressed the keenest satisfaction with the condition of the Prince George airport, describing it as "better than many Amercan airports of high repute." The trip to this city was Mr. Hammond's first venture into British Columbia. He and Mr. Goux Hew from Vancouver up the Fraser fiver and returned by way of the Edmonton air route. Mr. Goux, who formerly served a six-year term as city attorney of the city of Santa Barbara, is a prominent member of California's legal fraternity. His trip here was entirely unpremeditated, but he was so taken with the country that he was almost temp- j led to purchase some land here before �e left the city. The flying Californians were surprised .that Prince George and the Cariboo did not receive a greater measure of tourist revenue. Both the visits considered the scenery in this district to be almost unparallelled. A display of northern lights very rarely *""" in California but quite a. usual Jack Nicholson Leads Boys to Mile Lake;�Cars Urgently Required Ten Central, South and Prince George Boy Scouts are bristling with enthusiasm as plans go forward for a new and bigger summer camp to be held at Ten Mile Lake near, Quesnel. This year's camp will be a united effort with scouts from Quesnel, Williams Lake and Prince George joining forces for ten days of tent erecting, wood chopping and knot tying. The boys will be under the leadership of Scoutmaster Jack Nicholson. Rev. Love and Rev. Barrett. The scouts will be glad to receive any boy in the district who wishes to attend the camp. Any young fellow who is not a scout but who would like to go with the boys to Ten Mile Lake, is asked to communicate immediately with Mr. �Nicholson of Overwaitea, Ltd. Herbert Hoover ^ Named ^ChieF Bread Giver" Colorful Ceremony Makes Him Chieftain of Stuart Lake Indians On the historic sport'where in 1805 the first trading post Was established by white men hi New Caledonia, now the province of British Columbia, Herbert Hoover, former president of the United States, was'made a chieftain of the Stuart Lake Indian tribe and given the name "Chief Bread Giver" because of his Humanitarian work during the Great War. The Stuart Lake Indians are direct descendants of the Carrier tribe who first contacted the white men in this province. The ceremony held in the grounds of the original trading post established in 1805 was impressive in its extreme simplicity. On a platform at the foot of the H. B. Co.'s flag pole an Indian-made throne-chair draped in a new Indian blanket was placed. Sur-/ rounding the platform was a large gathering.of Indians colorfully garbed, and practically all the residents of Fort St. James, with many from Van-derhoof and Prince George. A guard of honor, comprising Frank Cooke, B. C. provincial police officer and Corp. Clark. R. C. M..-P. officer, and eighteen members of ' the Omineca district branch of the Canadian Legion formed up in two lines through which Mr. Hoover walked from his car to the throne chair. Chief Louis Billy of the Stuart Indians, assisted by Captain Leon, a prince of the tribe, and Chief Councillor Thomas Julian . in turn, addressed Mr. Hoover . in the Indian language which was interpreted by Indian Jean Felix Antoine. Chief Louis Billy said: "We.are true and good friends all the time with the big chief of another country and hope he will have a pleasant visit in our country and catch "lots of fish. We welcome him to membership in our tribe." The chief then presented Mr. Hoover with a buckskin headdress with eagle feathers, a pala% of buckskin gloves and mocassins beautifully tanned and elaborately decorated with colored bead work. Mr. Hoover donned the regalia. Chief Louis Billy removing the new chief's shoes and replacing them with the mocassins. Mr. Hoover, thus decked out. replied to the chief's address, stating he felt deeply the friendliness of the people of Fort St. James as evidenced by this gathering, and further displayed by the Indians in making him a chieftain of their tribe. He said he had received many college decorations in his career but appreciated this presentation more than any of those previous honors. He recalled the fact that Fort St. James was established before his adopted state of California, and also that he himself had been born in Indian territory. Addresses of welcome were also made to Mr. Hoover bv Indian Agent Herb Moore, by Mark Connolly. M.L.A.. Omineca: F. G. Ludgate on behalf of the guard of honor, and Hudson's Bay Factor Henry, who presented Mr. Additional $45,000 Road Grant For Fort George EXTRA MONEY TO BE EXPENDED FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT DISTRICT Push Road Eastward A special grant of $45,000 has been allocated by the provincial government public works department for highway construction purposes in the Fort George district,, it was announced by the local member of the legislature this week. With the special $45,000 grant, considerable work is planned. on highway construction in the eastern. section of the district. �The sum mentioned has been allocated in- addition to regular amounts for district maintenance work. Question as to whether part of the money should be expended in applying a double flush coat on the highway for a distance of ten miles south of Prince George was thoroughly investigated. It is felt by public works authorities that the road south of this | city is not yet ready for surfacing, and Good Progress Being Made byl^ is Panned to prepare the road this Monkman Pass Road Makers Near Kinuseo Crew Working Southwest From Stoney Lake Monkman Pass trail blazers who are She committee in charge of arrange- J Hoover with;^history oTthe fort since ments sends out a plea to car owners in the city. Offers of transportation for the boys to the Cariboo camp site would be greatly appreciated. it was established in 1805. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. Hoover and party left for Trout Creek.who have been confined to iakla Landin fOr the past l by plane g. tomorrow for of the gala two-day and nir show, both adequately served a t tractions, but the wjiiwuw^v- -...... board of trade and junior chamber of commerce had arranged a parade^ lumbermen's sports, lacrosse games, dances and soi'tball games in addition to the two principal attractions. Led by the Boys' Band, the children's parade on July 1. starting from the city hall and winding up at the pos toff ice. brought out a colorful array of original costumes, pets and vehicles. Some of the outstanding displays included Katie Cormack and David Cormack, as a bride and groom seated in a two-wheeled cart drawn by a dog; Margaret Douglas dressed, as Miss 6omin3on Day; Georgina Patterson, with an elaborately decorated woeel and herself dressed as Johnny Canuck; Mary Jane Crocker in a Chinese Mandarin' costume; Jean McKee as a Pierrette, leading her nicely groomed dog; Yvonne and Jonn Kenny as two litl ld i t circus clowns; a little lad in a toy wagon with two kittens; Barbara Holmwdod as Snow White; little Dutch boy and girl; Neale Patterson with black beard, "reminiscent of the argonauts of the -early gold rush days. the grass needed cutting on the court and the players were obviously shy on stick handling experience and the tech- nique of the game, the fans sensed the possibilities of the sport and were enthusiastic in" their comments on the �'fastest game on two feet." Charley Gabrielle made two records. c He scored the first goal and was alpo drawing a covered wagon; Nan Greg- ! awarded the first penalty. Murray gor and Marjorie Rea. as an old woman j Crocker scored the second goal on a and an old man. j combination- play with Tom Smith. Prizes were awarded as follows: : The Milburn team managed to nose Ber.t dressed girl. Lois Bennett. i out their opponents by a final score Best dressed boy. Mary Jane Crocker, of 3-2. The teams were made up as fol-Best decorated bike. Georgina Pat- lows: terson. . Gabrielle fcaptain); F. Wheeler. R. Best gromed pet. Jean McKee. i Paschal. V. McCabe. Tom Goodwin. The bicycle races in the boys' class j Eric Trefry. Jim Guile. With 1500 delegates seated in the Coliseum. Ottawa, the National Conservative convention opened on Tues-day.'The opening address was ma do by Sir Thomas White, minister of finance in the Borden cabinet in 1911. The nest speaker was Rl. Hon. Arthur Meighen. who electrified the gathering with an.address on the question of Canada's place in the partnership of the British Empire, stating that the next ejection should be fought on this issue. After delivering his speech Mr. Meighen was asked to state whether he would stand as a candidate for me Dominion leadership of the party, but replied: "I have nothing to say at this time. It would not be fair." If Mr. Bennett and Sir Arthur Meighen drop out of the race, it is believed that the final confest will be between Dr. Manion. Ontario, and Hon. Murdo MacPhe^son, Saskatchewan. Campaign For Yellowhead Rd. Makes Progress Four-Color Graphs Show Gaps in Yellowhead Road Channel The National Parks Highways have just sent out three-foot by live-foot graphs in four colors showing the gaps in the Yellowhead Highway. They are on canvas and have been distributed to every town on the prairies from Winnipeg to McBride. B.C. and in th�� southern part o^ British Columbia. They were made upon the request of the visiting Vancouver Board of Trade, when the Highways delegates interviewed them at Edmonton. The campaign to have the federal government take over Mount Kobson Park is receiving splendid support, especially in Alberta. Saskatchewan and the north-eastern part of British Columbia. ILLUSTRATION FARM FIELD DAY brought out three riders, Alex Clap- j perton. Donald Munro and Harry Turk. Harry Turk finished in the lead. In the girls..b'icycle race there were also three contestants and they finished as follows: ~Marie Gay, Hazel Munro and Marie Miller. Box Lacrosse Box lacrosse went over with a bang in Prince George when the first competitive games were staged during the two-day Dominion Day show. j Under the auspices of>tlie Experi- Mllburn (captain). Jackson. Tom j mental Farms branch,of the Domin-Crate. Blackburn, M. Crocker, j ion- Department ofAgriculture, a field day is being held' at the local illustration farm located on J. S. Johnson's place. Salmon River road on Saturday. Jja3y 9. At 2 p.m. representatives of tile provincial and Dominion departments of agriculture will begin a series of addreses on livestock and Doug Smith. E. Davies. A. Barone. In the second, game played on the morning of July 1, the Milburn team was opposed by a team captained by J. Quinn. The first score In this game was made by Murray Crocker, who netted the only goal of the first period. In the second period both teams went scoreless, with the Quinn team In the first game on the evening of collecting four two-minute penalties. June 30 teams were captained by C.! In the third period Dsvie* scored in Gabrielle and P. Milburn, and. while COontlnued on Page field crop problems, and give an outline, of the very good progress the horticultural phase of experimental farm work is making. A general invitation is extended to everyone to be present. A dance is to be held in the evening.