LIBRARY VICTOR IA>-&C: PRINCE GEdftGE CITIZEN 21, No. Thursday, August 11, 1938. Yrtnce George, B. C. tur day's Train Derailed When Pole Cars Upset j,ur Cars Loaded with Fish and Six Cars of Poles Go in Ditch and Delay Traffic on Canadian National Railway for Thirty-Six Hours ^turday's eastbound Canadian JSTa-nal mixed train No. 198 was delayed but 36 hours when some ten cars t the rails at Hutchison, 46 miles st of Prince George at 3:20 p.m. fortunately no one was injured in accident when five flat cars loaded ith poles, three refrigerator cars of 'en fish and one express car of fish a baggage coach left the rails and hed up. tearing up the grade for Wai hundred feet. .One refrigerator car of fish was Idly wrecked and had to be relied to Prince Rupert for recondl-bning while the other fish cars fere righted and re-iced and sent ong to their eastern destination. The lie cars have all to be reloaded. [superintendent Wl H. Tobey's pri-Vte car was attached to the derailed ain and Assistant Superintendent J. McCauley was transported from �ince George to the scene by gasoline .^eder soon after the derailment. |These officials ordered out wrecking ains and crews both from Smithevs nd Prince George with all the heavy quipment available, and the crews Tked frantically for upwards of 30 to make the right of way pas-ble for traffic. [The resultant tie-up kept all other xains both east and west on sidings ft each end of the derailment until te Sunday evening, when they all ain got in motion. pThe cause of the wreck i: being iioroughly investigated but up to the fime of going to press railway offi-jials had not arrived at a final deci-kon. It is possible the lashings of one of the cars loaded with poles became loose allowing the load to shift and thus overtopple the car which in turn carried the other cars with it into the ditch. A passenger on the train gave the Citizen a graphic description of the crash. "Three men who had been riding on the pole car narrowly escaped death or serious injury in the crash which sounded just like an earthquake. The men had been riding atop the poles, and moved forward to the engine just before the crash. "We were advancing eastward, and I was sitting in my seat in the'coach when all at once I was thrown to the floor as the result of a terrific jar. I got out of the car to see poles and fish scattered about for a distance of fifty yards. Some of the passengers deduced that a defective rail may have caused the accident, although we could only make an unauthoritative conjecture." Passengers remained in the coaches for 36 hours to await the clearance of the track by wrecking crews from Smithers and Prince George. On April 27, 1937, at Chilco, about 14 miles west of Prince George the reeular mixed train had a similar derailment, two transients riding on the cars being killed when six cars of poles and the two following cars piled up. In this accident it was established that the lashings on the poles worked loose and up-ended thus causing a derailment of the following adjoining cars. It is thought the accident on Saturday occurred from a similar cause. Russia and Japan Declare Armistice Despatches this morning state that peace has been declared from noon today (Thursday) between Russia and Japan, following conversations between the foreign offices of Tokio and Ityfoscow, and that fighting has ceased, on the Korean front. Described by despatches as an artillery duel equalling1 anything seen during the Great War fighting between Russian and Japanese forces in Korea has been going on since July 11. The Russians are. said to have been laying down with uncanny accuracy a blanket of fire on the various vantage points of the Japanese forces. More than 140 Russian war planes were reported active in the Korean conflict. 'ity Applies For Federal. Loan Of $35,000 submits Resolution to Union of B. C. Municipalities Re Hospital Charges � The regular bi-monthly meeting of me city council was held on Monday evening in the council chamber at the �ity hall. / Mayor A. M. Patterson presided and ..present were Aldermen W, L./Xhn- Istrong, W. H. Crocker, J. N. Keller, W. |R. Munro, C. C. Reid and' Fred D. ITaylor. / I Accounts amounting ^$2619.08 were �submitted by the finance committee jand on motion ordered paid. Apply For $55,000 Loan � It was decided to make application I to the federal government for a loan I of $35,000^ under the newly enacted [legislation whereby the Ottawa government will lend municipalities hponey at two and a half per cent for fself-llquidatinfe projects. The $35,000 is made of $25,000 waterworks rehabilitating bonds and $10,000 for recreational center bonds to include cost of the covered skating rink. Join Association A letter from the British Columbia Aviation Association asked the council to join the association and send a delegate to the convention being held at Nelson, B.C., on September 15 im-mediatley following the convention of the Union of B. C. Municipalities. On motion it was decided to affiliate with Jhe association and Mayor A. M. Patterson was empowered to attend the meeting while in Nelson as a delegate to the Union of B. C. Municipalities convention. The Aviation Association has for its object the encouragement a�d advancement of civil aviatipn in the province. Subsistence Allowances A communication from the Welfare branch of the department of the pro-"nciai secretary, asked the council to assume payments of $20 a month subsistence allowance to Mrs. Hermina es Taylor, now a resident of Cedar. Mrs. Taylor resided , in Prince from 1923 to 1935. She re-rm u a mother's allowance for a number or years, but on her daughter auaimrig the age ^ 16 tMs wag cufc off for .v.I1QW SOme other roe&ns ot relief r ner must be found, and the wel- Sn ,epartTnent is paying her $20 and Mrs �g ifc back *� ^ince George. Grar^ ^ylor moved from here to An^r! j. rks and from ^ere to Cedar, she k g *� the department ruling ualtt ame a cnar8e on the munici-livedi ^"ce George because she in Rp here tnan a^y other place �e matter was stood over for fur-investigation. communication from Hon. P. M. (Continued on Page Five) MOTORS FROM SEATTLE FOR FISHING HOLIDAY Highly gratified at the condition of the roads and the kindly attitude of the people, Mr. and Mrs. S: J. Luse, of Seattle, arrived in Prince George this week.after a leisw^ly jaunt over the Cariboo Highway:' After a day in town they proceeded to Hazelton with/the intention of enjoying hte fisning possibilities along the route. X Mr. Luse is owner of a chain of "inixdr/shops" In Seattle and, like another fisherman who came through here a short time ago, is an avid Republican. Although he is strongly anti-Roosevelt in his political thought, he is very much in favor of the Alaska highway, and thinks the road from Vancouver to Prince George the most scenic route he has ever travelled. ------------o------------ B.C.'s Mining Industry Shown In Pictures Howard T. Mitchell Gives Educational Address on Development of Mines of Province Howard T. Mitchell, editor and publisher of the Financial News of Vancouver, and chairman of the mining bureau of the .Vancouver Board of Trade, sold British Columbia mining to Prince Georgians with a bang Monday evening last at' the Prince George 'hotel ballroom when he projected his series of mining scenes embracing the , major producing- mining properties of-j the province, as well as a series of the \ Alberta oil industry on the screen. j i The pictures were all taken personally by Mr. Mitchell and represent some eighteen months of travel and i work in making a fascinating series of sequences of a most educational and1 �pleasing nature fully covering all phases of British Columbia's premier industry. Mines Help Farmers Mr. Mitchell was introduced by Harry G. Perry, M.L.A., and in reply Mr. Mitchell said he had recently travelled through the interior and he found the complaint general that the farmers had no market for their products A similar condition had existed in northern Ontario and Quebec and then the mining districts of those two provinces were developed and today the farmers are all prosperous and when farmers are prosperous the Whole country is prosperous. So it would be in Central British Columbia. Let the mining get well under way and there would be a good market for �everything. The northern half of British Columbia was just as rich potentially as the south. All that was needed was the energy and persistence pro-(Continued on Page Five; Northern Air Services Will Assist Trade Speeds Up Communication Between North and South Bus-iness Centers J. Gray Turgeon, M.P. for Cariboo; Mayor George C. 'Miller of Vancouver; District Director of Postal Services for British Columbia G. &' Clarke, and Cecil Scott, Daily ^Province representative, who comprised a portion of the party flying from Vancouver north last Thursday on the initial flight of the new weekly air mail and passenger service from Vancouver to the YUKon via Prince George, disembarked at Fort St. John at 2:10 p.m. Thursday and returned here by air Friday noon on their way back to Vancouver. The new twin-engined Fleet plane with Gf W. G. McConnachie, president of the U. A. T., and Pilot Sheldon Luck as joint pilots, and their passengers, went on north to Whitehorse arriving there at 7:30 p.m. These returning members of the first flight party remained overnight on Thursday at Fort St. John, where they were entertained by the Fort St. John Board �fc6Trade At dinner and taken by auto for a sightseeing trip through the surrounding district. Friday morning they took off from Fort St. John in the U. A. T. Norseman with Ginger Coote at the controls, landing here at noon. The party was entertained at a luncheon in the Shasta Cafe by Mayor A. M. Patterson after which they took off for Vancouver at 3 p.m. arriving home shortly after 6 p.m. Mr. Turgeon Pleased Mr. Turgeon stated to a representative of the Citizen that he was naturally highly pleased with the successful culmination of his efforts to establish a speedy air mail service within his constituency which had also made possible mail delivery in eight hours between Vancouver and the Yukon. He drew attention to the fact that within the last year the postoffice department of the federal government had established air mail service out of Prince George to Fort St. James. Manson Creek, Takla and Germansen Landing weekly; to Fort McLeod. Fin-lay Porks, Fort Grahame and Fort Ware monthly, and withfn the last few weeks additional postoffices had been opened at Nelson Forks, Lower Post and Fort Liard with a monthly service for ten months in the year, all made possible by these, new air services to the great north country. Mr. (Continued on page four> New Creamery To Be Erected At Telkwa Alfred Miller of Prince George Secures Site�Plant in Operation Next Spring Telkwa, B.C. (Special)�Alfred Miller, proprietor of the. Interior Creamery at Prince George has decided to erect a creamery at Telkwa. Lots have been selected and the building will" be erected this year and it Is expected the plant will be in operation, in the spring. This will be a great boon to the farmers of the Bulkley Valley many of whom now ship their cream to Che Prince George plant, but owing to express rates production, has been retarded. Mr. Miller believes the placing of several creameries in central B.C. at strategic points is essential to the development of tine dairying and farming industry, and reports a constantly Increasing demand for his brand of butter. Associated Trade Boards Convene Here Next Year Many Resolutions Passed at Smithers Convention Last Week Having to do with Development in Central Interior of British Columbia Delegates to the Associated Boards of Trade convention at Smithers last Thursday and Friday report it as one of the best attended and most successful held. The Smithers Board of Trade and business people vied with each other in extending hospitality to the visitors. Smitihers was also celebrating its Silver Jubilee as a community and divisional point on the C. N. R. for 25 years. Delegates were taken over the several developed farming areas and many expressed delight at the large number of prosperous looking farms and the splendid system of'farm roads to the various settlements. In addition to the delegates from Fort George, Cariboo, Omineca, Skeena and Prince Rupert, the local members of the legislature and Olof Hanson, M.P. were in attendance. One of the highlights of entertainment was a banquet given by the Smithers folk to the delegates on Friday evening fol-lowed^by a dance. Sports and racing events were continued as part "of the jubilee celebration until Monday, and Smithers took on a gala appearance. Larry Warner, owner of the Smithers Interior News put out a special 12-page edition which is a credit to his initiative. Next year's convention is to be at Prince George, tOie convention unanimously so deciding. Considerable debate took place on many of the resolutions dealt with and passed. On Highways Regarding roads, resolutions were approved urging the provincial gov- ernment to continue on a definite program of highway construction for the immediate completion of the highway connecting Prince Rupert with the Alberta boundary; and precedence be given to the completion of existing highways. The Alaska highway was endorsed, and recommendations made for the paving of the Cariboo highway to Prince George and for the elimination of tolls at Spuzzum on the Fraser Canyon. Hon. F. M. MacPherson, minister of public works, was not ir� agreement with the latter proposal and made out a good case in a very interesting address for the retention of tolls particularly on trucks. Yukon A debate on the absorption of the Yukon by B, C. resulted in no action being taken, the general opinion being that at^ present little accurate information was available about the proposal. Radio Inspector to Visit AH Towns Basil Irvine, radio inspector of the C.B.C. had been sent by the commission to address and meet the convention. His instructions are to visit all towns in Central B.C. and to investigate radio disturbances and suggest remedies. He stated that several cities, citing Nelson, Cranbrook, Kelowna and Penticton, were providing free interference eliminators which successfully removed the interference caused by electric applianes. He will be at Prince George shortly. Resolution was passed urging the establishment of a broadcasting station at Prince George. The convention unanimously endor-(Continued on Page Fout"> COLLEGE YOUTHS . BACK FROM NORTH Count N. Ignatieff with an advance group of the 30 college students who went north from here jon. July 4 to spend a holiday in the country around Fort Ware on the tipper Flnlay river drove in from Summit lake this morning and they are registered at the Prince George hotel. The balance o: the party will arrive today and all leave by C. N. R. train for Prince Rupert tomorrow. From Rupert they will go south toy boat and spend a few days in Vancouver and Victoria. From the coast they will go to Banff for a few days and then leave for the east to take up their studies again at eastern universities. Count Ignatieff states the party spent a very enjoyable and profitable month in the north and that the boys are all now good boosters for northern Brtish Columbia. Heavy Traffic Pouring Over M. P. Highway Over One Hundred People Motor Out to End of Road Last Weekend Last September one truck with 17 men and women from Grande Prairie, Wembley and Beaverlodge districts stood proudly on the shores of Stony lake, the first motor vehicle to reach that point on the new Monkman Pass road. Last week-end it was impossible to keep count of the cars, trucks, wagons and saddle outfits as well as hikers from every point in the Peace Rvier country who not only stopped at Stony lake but pushed on to the end of the trail at Kinuseo or Contrary river. It is estimated that about two hundred people besides the work crew- had made the pilgrimage to "trail's end" from Thursday to Sunday last. And the treck has only begun. No greater proof of the interest the Monkman Pass highway holds for the Peace River country can be found than this eagerness to see the work at first hand. And in no other way could the M. P. H. Association have kindled greater enthusiasm for the project than by arranging last week's tour. Wheat Grower Enthusiastic Herman Trelle. world famous prize grain grower, and probably one of the most travelled residents of the Peace River Block, after making the trip over the Monkman Pass Highway to Kinuseo Falls, said: "I had no idea that the association was buildng such a fne road and must say that our trip was most enjoyable and the building of the road is justified if only to provide access to the (Continued on Page Five) Horticultural Society Show Opeus Friday Splendid Array of Flowers to Be Displayed in Prince George Hotel Ballroom Arrangements are all complete "for the Prince George Horticultural Society's fifth annual flower show in the Prince George Hotel ballroom tomorrow, August 12. Entries will all be staged by 11 a.m. and the public will have an opportunity of viewing the excellent and wonderful blooms grown in Prince George and vicinity until 10 p.m. The executive of the society comprising E. F. Little, F. C. Saunders, E. Davies, R*. A. Hartow and M. S. Caine have gone to great pains this year in preparing a list of 60 items for which there are offered first, second and third prizes. In connection with this annual display of flowers the Prince George Horticultural Society also sponsors an annual home and garden competition. Judging in this event was completed over the week-end by the judging committee of the society and, awards for 1938 made. After inspection and careful consideration, the cup for the year 1938 for the best garden of three lots or more has been awarded to G. Milburn, with an average of 78 points, the cup for two lots goes to Elmer Little with, an average of 88 points. In awarding these trophies the committee feel the winners are worthy of the prizes and are to 'be congratulated' for the work and attention given to their gardens, especially for the condition and freedom from dandelions of their lawns, for which great credit is due them. The committee wishes to give special mention to Mrs. B. Valde and also to Mrs. R. Anderson who rated close to the winner of three lots or over for the bloom and beautiful condition of their gardens. I. B. Guest, last year's winner for two lots, was a close competitor this year with a beautiful garden. J. Martin, John Mallis and C. Free- . man have gardens worthy of special mention and will be serious competitors another year. The boulevards of F. Saunders, W. Munro. R. R. .Anderson. E. W. Styles are a great credit to them. The show places of the city are I. B. Baird's and Ken Irwin's gardens and are an outstanding credit both to themselves and the community. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Malcolm of Ques-nel passed throgh Frince George at the week-end on their way home by motor from Smithers where Mr, Malcolm was a delegate to the meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central B.C.