No. 4.
(Wells Outclasses Prince George To Win Two Games
|Tar2eCrowd See Miners Win
7J, and 5-1 from Local
Hockey Team
,. _teos on Saturday night ^�o easy steps^ o . brougnt the
�� SunSii- Sey team out of
colol!Uliwr posi-Sn in the Cariboo thelr CR on thev topped the Prince le3SUeP I Sue Sers intwo victories George le�|utat Harry Thacker's local
rEesl crowd of the season was \ witness this meeting be-two fastest teams in the i�-" --��, ioop, and although Prince Wallerp could have wished for a bet-George como^ the nome team> no-
t the games were fast. u aockey throughout, were evenly matched.
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TWO LOCAL JUDGES UNIQUE IN CANADA
Some kind of record in the Canadian judiciary has been established by His Honor Judge H. E. A. Robertson of Prince George and His Honor Judge John Owen Wilson, late of Prince George, now of Cariboo.
According to Judge Robertson, he and Judge Wilson are the only two judges in Canada resident together in the same county, whose fathers were also judges. Mr. Justice Alexander Rocke Robertson served on the bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1880. P. E. Wilson K.C. was appointed to the bench in the county court of East Kootenay in 1904. Both their sons came to Prince George and are now judges residing in this county.
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and tV wasted no ef- y stick handling when
en
v Svldual players they
iSon and had it not been for Snt steady playing of Captain e Nelirinsr, the score/ woum wr have been eveiKmore top f n aTl the years "he has played ie tee in Prince/Sa^eNehnng d t l
ie tee in Prin/^ has no- seemed to slow up. He is f, \ ocl condition, and his long
still ex-
an intelligence of approach that is seen in no other player on the Prince George'team. Nehring is always tnrs-fuV always sure in his passing, and on the defence he comes through just as surely as next month's light bill. The Weils team produced some not-abe individual players, too. Bill Thompson, although not spectacular, was probably Wells' most valuable man. With Sammy Kerr, he had an wio-t impressible, defence. If some of toe local younger*1 *iads watched- Bill Thompson play, they will know what ew by an experienced hockey t. Thompson uses his head. Out-
ROBERT BURNS�Born. January 25. 1759; died, July 21, 1796. and his memory is immortal. Local Scots will honor him tonight at the annual S:. Andrew's and Caledonian Society supper.
Clansmen Join To Celebrate 'Burns Nicht' Tonicht
Pay, Homage to the Immortal *Poet of the Human Heart'
TO A HAGGIS
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin' race! Those who love the Scottish bard and who foregather every year to pay tribute to his immortal memory will
i Captain Jack
Quesnel, who were �~?*-~-~�--<�..-*, most of the miners' goals. Red Walter was also valuabe and Goalie Buster Tinder minded the net with telling effectiveness.
Wells opened the scoring in Satur-dav night's game soon after the first whisie with a goal by Hart, to be followed minutes later with a second score by Red Waller on an assist from Hart. To retaliate, Hal Rogers broke throuah the s'urdy Wells defence to rcore and end the first period at Wells
2, Prince George 1. A neat c'ombina-
Hnn nlav bv Dick Corless and Hal
Rogers featured the opening of the
second. Rogers recovered the puck
from a scramble in front of the local
goal mouth, passed to Corless, who
drove in close to the Wells net- and
passed back to Rogers. Rogers shot but.. .---------- .- - h
Tinder made a spectacular save and | James Henderson has
T^nce rver-ee was held down to one
goal. All through this period. Dick
N-i�� fiosbpri some Of the old form reaveiucut,
that has made him one of the greatest Thomson <
and �i...__l ,i___i___ _i_..nw. in *V\a David P)
2000 Employed In Lumbering Yearly In This [District
R. G. McKee Reports Labour
Conditions in Milling,
Logging
Between 1900 and 2{J00 meiT are employed in some form of the timber industry in the Port Gdorge district.
These figures were given to the Prince George Board bf Trade Friday evening by R. G. McKee, assistant district forester, on this occasion of his departure from. Prince; George. Speaking of the courage of people in this area, Mr. McKee pointed to the lumbermen in the district, as exemplifying that quality about as well as any in the whole territory. The mill men. with their huge investments, con'inue i to employ hundreds of men every year and make a success evoi though they � <* the factors' of ' * "� � -istant n-.a "kets and hitrh _ rate to rtur-r.d \v,.i. he said. HrV MeKee's fitau'eo Tee the nucleus r-i a report on labor ! $r <�: rions in !:li3 J'.Mt r^orce for.?-it j district- thst he has compiled for tha j forest branch.
Mr. McKee found that in this for-i en district between 1900 and 2000 men i fire employed in some form of the j timber industry. Of thesei over 86 per cent are emoloyed in the' area tribu-j tary to the C. N. R., eight per cent in the Quesnel district and six per cent in the Peace River. The period of employment varies greatly in this country of seasonal operation.
Thirty-nine per cent of the men are employed for only one to two months of the year, mainly producing cord-wood and ties. From four to five months of the year, 24 per cent is mainly summer employment in the export mills.
From six to seven months of the year, fifteen per cent of the men em-nloved in the industry are engaged in lumbering, and from nine to twelve months the remaining ten per cent are occupied with lumbering.
Because employment in this district in the lumber industry is seasonal �an estimate of employment is a* least only an educated guess, Mr. MoKee points out. The estimate Jbhat has been compiled is -baaed. v;o&'>' ^forest service knowlede of the industry supplemented where possible bv accurate figures. No record is kept of the settlers with free use permits who cut timber for sale as wood in town during the year. -------------o-------------
Night Fire Sweeps High School Causing Partial Destruction
EIGHT THOUSAND INSURANCE CARRIED ON THE TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD CITY STRUCTURE
Fire of unknown origin which broke out about 6:30 o'clock Monday evening partially destroyed the 24-year old Barori Byng high school and left the Prince George school board with .the problem of providing accomodation for 118 local students.
Although estimates of the damage resulting from the blaze vary widely, an unofficial calculation of the ruin places it near the $10,-
00.0 mark. Insurance on the building and contents will cover the -----------------------'Moss tm +n *nnnn "tVip hoard Carrie
HIGH SCHOOL BLAZE�Here is the
Baron Byng High School, wmen was partially destroyed by fire Monday evening. Students will have two weeks holiday while the building is undergoing repairs or other arrangemen s for accommodation are made.
LATE NEWS
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tribute to his immortal memory wiiij Estimates of from 5,000 to 10,000 march with the pipes to the Commo- j deaths are reported from Chilian, a dore hall tonight at 7 o'clock for the! city of 40,000 in Chile following the Burns' anniversary, held under the! terrific earthquake Wednesday, auspices of the St. Andrew's and Cale- ! ESTIMATES SUBMITTE
donian Society of Prince George.
Robbie Burns will be remembered and the ti*aditional toast to the immortal memory will be heard when the Scots of Prince George gang together. At the supper, which will be followed by a concert and dance.
address
prepared his an the "Immortal
cleanest hockey players in. J rVk li th
homson usi*. Q .h. ,.oast
David Praser will propose the toast is" to which M� WE
nlBvm* on the de- I to^The. Lassies," to which Mrs. W._E
"n-*.Vjv�* wro olavinc on the de- to "The. Lass e fence wi^h Walter Nohring, an un- Fullenon will amiliar position for him,, and al- will Oliver the
th
,. John to "The Hag-
�Miuiar position for him,, ana ai- will aeuJeL"-cn^w Darade will " though he worked well with "The Bull gis," and the ^"^P^ c (Continupd on- Pace Five)
See "HOCKEY"
Moose Musses Speeder, Driver
"Never Trust a Moose" is Albert Downing's Motto From Now On
Albert James Downing, section fore-f^u of Hansard, has decided never to P^t a moose. Downing was cruising
gis," and tne opciui�& ,,.........
led by Pipers Dave Ross. Charlie Gow and George Docherty. Those taking part in the program are Joan Guest Dorothy Caine, Hazel Munro, Mrs. G B. Punter, Thomson Ogg. Mrs. Ken M\i<-heson. Mrs. A. Hutchison. W. R Munro, Georgina Mclnnis, Mrs. W. G Praser and W. J. Pitman. John Mallis will occupy the chair and will Rive the toast to the King. Rev. W. E. Pul-erton will say the grace. \ 'The rank is but the guinea's stamp 'The man's the gowd for a' that."
ic eannquase wnuicaua^. ESTIMATES SUBMITTED
Main estimates submitted to parlia-
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de-
ivutm rawuu(.w w^�.._____ .
ment yesterday at Ot awa total 000,000 including $63,500,000 for fence.
JWEW RUPERT SERVICE Tenaers are called for a new steamboat service between Prince Rupert and.Uni.ed Kingdom for minimum of three round trips a year and vessels of not less than 8,000 tons.
FRANCE REAE�Y
Wlarning rumors are heard in Prance that it is possible for Prance to occupy Italian territory on me Mediterranean if Italy does not get out of Spain.
, INSURGENT THRUST, Barcelona is being evacuated. Insurgents are within one and a half miles of the city. People are facing famine. Government has moved its capital farther north toward French boundary. Martial law is in force. Five British freighters have been bombed in the harbor.
EMBARGO TO SPAIN Major Atlee, English latoor lea<^r, has urged upon Chamberlain the immediate removal of the embargo on arms to Spain.
Tribute Paid To Judge Wilson At Board Banquet
Retiring Secretary Presented With Typewriter at Congratulatory Dinner
Nearly every member of the Prince George Board of Trade gathered in the Prince George ballroom Friday evening to extend their congratulations to the man who has "steered the ship" as secretary for more than twelve years. During that time, he was plain Jack Wilson, genial, affable ..!-_ i�t�ncoiir interested
�V.UUU on the C. N. R. near Han-wlth his speeder last Saturday, lie sighted a moose bounding *> the track ahead of him. Think-the animal would vacate i'.s posi-on the track as he approached, raing didn't slow up. whl t\nstead of jumping off the rails * "en the speeder overtook it like any behaved moose should do, this suddenly wheeled around and bean assault on the vehicle and its thor nate engineer. Crashing into ne front of the speeder with its stout th;s praised, the animal mussed up uta'rt.Sn; of ^e machine, broke the cS?}eld- oE course. and dldn>t AlW ^.attack utltll the speeder and ^Downing were off the track, was unhurt, and managed to injured speeder back on the
Left Here Fifteen Years Ago-ReturnsWith $60,000
Mud
peacock, a prospector. by dog team Columbia's
get
into the heart oi duw.. ^.....
northland to make a livelihood prospecting the province's rich creeks and rivers. This week he returned by Canadian Aii-ways plane from Dease Lake with $60,000 and two bags of gold nuggets and a quantify of gold dust. His flight to Prince George was his first return to civilization since 1924 when he left "to make his fortune" at the age of 25.
He has been at Boulder Creek, about fifty miles east of Dease Lake, where he has been working placer claims 1 1J-J him enough money -w +>>�� rest of
Or
a niO0se he'll either turn back -co!nlnK�It's too hard on
way!
! ' mO<>Se are �otag
his life. He set out from Hazelton in 19
his supplies and sluicing .t on dog team. He worked
the ground for a number' ofyeaxs,
was plain jacs nuwu, �,........
and hard working, intensely interested in the work of the board. But at the banquet he was congratuated and saluted as Judge J. O. Wilson of the County Court of Caribuv.
The proceedings were simple enough but there was a real sincerity in the compliments that were paid to the retiring officer of the board. The keynote was sounded by acfing secretary W. L. Armstrong, who made the presentation address.
In the'chair was First Vice-President Karl Anderson and at the head table were men who have intimately known Jack Wilson in his civic or political activities. They were Jude;e H. E. A. Robertson. H. G. Perry, M. L. A.. P. E. Wilson, K.C. Mayor A M. Pa'terson, I. B. Guest, second vice-oresident of the board, and Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Anderson. President W. L. Hughes was regrettably absent on account of illness. A wire from J. Gray Turgeon M.. P., congratulating Judge Wilson on his appointment, was read.
Mr. Armstrong spoke of Judge Wilson's tenacity of puroose. his strong sense of humor, and his admirable fa culty of being able to carry on successfully the rou ine duties that are required cf a secretary of the board of trade. During his tenure of office, much had been ac.ompliEhecL Mr Armstron declared. The success ui puch undertakings as the telephone line to Quesnel and to points east on the C. N. R., highway development telephone service to Vancouver, edit-�vwe nri prince Georre
up to $8000. The board carries $6500 on the structure and $1500 on contents. Students whose books were lost in the blaze will be lefo to their own resources to provide new ones, as none of the insurance includes loss of students' property.
TWO WEEKS' SUSPENSION No final plans for providing accommodation have ye. been announced by the school board, but members unu the Citizen that "it is not anticipated school will be suspended for more than ten days or two weeks." The proposal has been put forward that the students and staff might move up to the Millar Addition sciool where room is available for two classes. The other classes could work in the Legion building where accommodation might be provided. This suggestion has been discarded by members of the school -board, however, who say that efficien: teaching would be virtually impossible under this plan. The high school is run on the "platoon system," whereby eachers exchange classrooms three or four times during one day.
Meanwhile, the insurance adjuster is determining the loss and students are having a holiday.
MAIN HALL RAZED The main hall of the lour-roum building was comple.ely gutted, walls and furniture in all the rooms were damaged by smoke and water and many of the students' books were destroyed. The piano was damaged by water. H. R. Penning on. principal of the school, said nearly all ine teachers books were destroyed, and about $195 in text books, bought jointly last year by the students and the school board, were not fit for further use.
In addition, other contents, ,,includ-in chemical and photography apparatus, typewriters and desks were left in poor condition following the fire. Much of the damage was done to the supporting beams above the main floor, and the central hall is now a (Continued on page four) See "FIRE"
erests of Seattle for $60,000. Now he holds a mile of placer leases on Gold Pan Creek. At times his ground has yielded up as much as $1000 a day, he. told the Citizen. After a trip to Vancouver, and the Okanagan, Mr. Peacock will return to his ground in the north.
Asked why he didn't prefer to retire now tha1 he had $60,000 he declared that "one had to keep working," and anyway, he liked the country and he liked the life.
Mr. Peacock discredited stories being heard currently about a newly discovered range of mountains in the north. In his belief, the mountains (Continued on Page Four) See "PERCY PEACOCK"
part' to
evening, and to uiwu^^ � what is in one sense a very pleasant duty, but is also one which causes us et
29 Now Hold St. John's Certificates
Every Candidate Passes Exams.
as Frank Clark's Ambulance
Classes Close
All nine candidates in the women's section who wrote for the St, John's Ambulance first aid certificate last Thursday evening were successful. Dr. C. E. Ewert, examiner, announced. The success of the girls in qualifying for the first aid certificates now brings the total of certificate holders in Prince George to 29. Twenty candidates in the men's section were successful after taking their exam from Dr. J. G. MacArthur last weeh..
Under the competent leadership of Frank Clark, they have been a tending classes under the St. John's Ambulance Association since early fall. Twenty men, as a collective groun sponsored bv the Junior Chamber of Commerce, formed one class and nine women, members of the Junior Women's Ins itute, formed the second class.
The successful candidates in the women's class were Alice Moffat. Elsie Erickson Mom Keller. Mrs, E. Blackburn, Betty Milburn, Josephine Munro. Mrs. H^/el Cowart, Helen Styles and Lenore Wylie.
ANNUAL MEETING The Prince George centre of !ie S1". John's Ambulance Association will >>oM the annual meeting in the Elks' Hall on Monday. January 30 at 8 t>.m., when officers for the year will be elected and olans for 1939 will be formulated. The retiring president is Clark end retiring secretary is ld
duy, bt some regret, r
e regret.
"I am sure you will agree with me when I say we do regret losing one o* our valued members, and particularly h has for twelve ye^r*
p
that one who has for twelve y been our efficient and capable secretary-"On the o'her hand, we are all very
See "WILSON"
prpTik Clak William Reynolds.
Many industries in B. C. are now required by statute to have first aid men employed; and any youna: man �^loMins a cer iflcate has certainly a better chance of securlne? employment than the m<�n who is untrained in this work. Qualifications for an industrial first aid certificate will be outlined during the course on industrial ftrek aid which is to be given shortly.