p CE GEORGE m~B�M |(jty Not Likely to be Obligated For Financing, Maintenance of Rink 02,000 Project Will be Submitted to the Ratepayers on Wednes-? ' day, from 8: a. m. to 8: p. m. at the City Hall The committee of local business men who have worked devotedly to institute the necessary steps for a recreation building and who are supporting the mayor and council in getting the #12,-000 by-law approved by the ratepayers on Wednesday/April 12, have compiled the following estimate of approximate revenues it these estimates Thursday, April 6, 1939. Prince George, B. C. the city finances for Sliar1 maintaining or even financing the proposition, sources of Revenue Seen it has been pointed out that other purees of revenue should increase the climated receipts. The building will Z found useful and profitable for My 1 celebrations, box lacrosse, agricultural fair, and provide accommodation for extra ice sheets for bon- spiels. A loss of business in town was sustained in the past year through failure to hold the matches in wnich five or six hotkey teams would compete in -lay-offs for a magnificent cup dona-led by the Mutual Life Assurance Co. This cup was not contested for this vear owing to lack of a su table rink for so many teams. Matches for this cup and similar events should produce revenue to the rink and increased business in town. Below is listed the estimated re ceipts and expenditures from nocxe: and skating at the proposed rink: Receipts ' 100 Single tickets at $6 ................$600.00 25 Family tickets at $10................ 250.00 150 Children tickets at $3 ......._... 450.00 , Cash sk?.ters................................... 100.00 Two carnivals................................. 300.00 Pour moccasin dances ..._........... 150.00 Forty per cent of hockey games 750.00 Federal Works Planned $2,600.00 Expenditures I Wages .................................................$500.00 j .....................V.....::....................... 50.00 Insurance .......................................... 300.00 Wer and light ........�.................... 125.00 ' Merest & sinking fund aver. 1,125.00 $2,100.00 Fine Display Ends Recreation Season Pupils of Ed. Harrison and Frances Olds Draw Praise in Gym Work Saturday Gymnasium classes sponsored by �foe provincial government physical recreation departmentr-and conducted in Prince George by Edward Harrison and Prances Olds, came to a close Saturday night with a well-planned Rtn display in the C.CP. Hall. The snow was well attended and the athletes showed that they had teen competently drilled in their exercises. The tumbling, led by Pat Porter, """ well worth watching, and the nasts performed with accuracy precision, j. Yargeau and S. in entertained the audience with wwning antics and were well ap-Piauded. Prizes were distributed *fa follows: Girls' Section o� M- Preeman; second, J. wwden; third, S. Davis, and fourth, o. Olds, �m prize, M. MlcCaw; second. W. JvLand w- Paschal (tied); fourth, J. Milburn. e *Speclal Prize was' given to J. Yar- Harrison thanked all those in maknetK rge who had helped to �r~* �e year a success, and extended form appreclation to the C.C.P. club "fcehall, Overwaltea I*ML, Sterling Drug Co., i'b. Guest, Nor-Mn"dware, McCullagh's J. C. *� G. Parker. �- -.,*,. BONDS of Bp J�hn Hart has sold an issue Yorkatr�?nds for W.000.000 in New CLOSING TO BEGIN ON MAY 1 i local stores i? 9 oclockr until De- ***Baster week, stores fl; K*. be closed on Good til 9 nvi , ^ rett�to open un- ihut Monday Is a bank noli- 1 tlS JP081 storss w111 be open i aay. __ i * government or- 1 Foreign Affairs Italian Seizure Of Albania Is Hourly Expected Italian Troop Movements Reported as Mussolini Prepares Occupation of Country Negotiations for settlement between Italy and Albania continued today as Italian troops prepared to occupy the little Adriatic country. Troops at the Albanian capital said they had taken necessary precautions to defend the nation. Albania, a comparatively wild country, has a population of aboin 1,000,000 who are determined w> maintain their status as an independent country. Special significance was attached to a German-Italian conference at Innsbruck today when the Albanian situation will be discussed by the two dictator nations. Best news came from London today with the announcement of the formation of a virtual military alliance between Great Britain and Poland giving strength to the British stop Hitler bloc. It was reported that Britisn guarantees to Poland would be extended to Roumania. Chancellor Hitler, through the controlled Nazi press, has said that Germany does not intend to await the formation of the British stop Hitler bloc, but will make a swlft_moement In ive* own interest. Foreign Minister Beck of Poland arrived in London on Tuesday. Meanwhile attacks on Germans in Poland are reported in the German press. This is in line with the procedure of reporting atrocities oefore attacks were made in Austria, Sudeten and Czecho Prime Minister Chamberlain saic Britain was determined to asslsi states to maintain their independence of Germany. "We cannot live for evei in an atmosphere of alarm," he said. Lloyd George said Britain was being led into a trap with Poland and tha no agreement should be made between Great Britain and Poland unless Russia were included. Strength of British territorial forces wJl be doubled by voluntary enlistment, it was announced this week. Situation in Brief London�A declaration by Lord Stanhope, First Lord of the Admiralty that the British navy's anti-aircraft guns were under orders to be ready for action were denied by the foreign office. Versailles�Albert Lebrun was re-elected president of France tor a further term of seven years. Budapest�Concern as to the extension of the Britlsh>Polish guarantee to Romuania was shown by Hungarians today. Buenos Aires�Tne investigation in Buenos Aires into Nazi activities in Argentina has uncovered evidence of alleged plans of Nazi control over Patagonia. , . - London�British-Polish defensive alliance became effective today. It provides for loans for armaments; colo--nization lands for Jews; commission of three for Danzig corridor government, one Polish, one German and another. Washington�Henry L. Stimson, former1 b.S. secretary of state advocated before the Senate committee on lor-eign relations that wide powers be vested in the president to permit hu to stop commerce immediately with any nation considered an aggressor. __-------------o��---------�� NAMED POLICE COMMISSIONER Thcmas W. Parsons nas been appointed commissioner of B. C. police He has been deputy commissioner for some years. Mr:'Parsons is an old Umer around Prince George where he hS many friends who have watched Us various promotions with interest as mLy y*arsPago he was in^ ranks of the constabulary in this district, and was later aninspectorjiere. NO TAX ON "LUNGS" National Health Department has an-niwinced that no duties or sales tax SSfS imposed on "Iron Lungs"^re-Sved by hospitals from Lord Nuf-field. Ho Change In Municipal Levy; $2000 For Streets Estimates Provide for Purchase of Truck 8C and Hard Surfacing Out of Capital There will be no change in Prince George's tax rate.of 65 mills, as a result of unanimous endorsation by the city council of estimates for 1939 as presented by the finance committee. The budget estimates the expenditure ot fcJ.28.F90.99 for the year, while taxable assessment on land is placed at $646,156. With the rate at 65 mills che levy amounts to $42,000.14, as compared with $43,446 last year. It is estimated there will be a collection of about seventy per cent .netting $30,000 plus $11,008 in tax arrears. The remainder of the estimated general receipts will be.garnered from provincial government grants of S7,-628.50 for teachers' salaries and $2,-714.45 for motor licences, and $11,000 for unemployment relief, and p:ib!i? utilities, permits and fees, rents and sundry sources of revenue. Included in the capital expenditure from revenue are $500 for airport improvement, $2500 for a dump truck and snowplow, $2000 for street suriac-ing and $1000 for concrete sidewalks. Members of the finance committee are J. N. Keller (chairman), Walter H. Crocker, W. L. Armstrong and Mayor A, M. Patterson. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening, the monthly report of Fire Marshall W. D. Fraser disclosed four calls by the department during the month, supplemented by tnree practice sessions. .It was learned that at the scene of one ciumney fire, an outbreak occurred enly one month after the chimney hao. oeen swept This piece of news led council to consider the whole question of chimney cleaning, which comes "under a municipal bylaw decreeing"-^li^^cmmriey must be brushed once a>year. Som< people are offenders/in this respect apparently, .bflt council decided tha very little could^be done about it. Jk-ay Hospital Charges Payment at 70 cents a day was authorized for three Prince George residents who have been in hospital at Vancouver. A petition from Henry Houghtaling, manager of tne newly constructed B-A Motordrome,'seeking permission to lay a concrete foundation under the Vanity Beauty Parlor and Patterson buildings on Third ave-(Contlnued on page four) See "NO CHANGE" Ask Completion Of Highway To The Yellowhead Edmonton Bodies Submit Brief to Canadian Government on Jasper Park Road Hope that the Yellowhead highway, which will connect Prince George to Jasper through McBride and the Yellowhead Pass will be completed, and the road from Geikie west to the Yellowhead will be commenced, is expressed in a brief to the Canadian government by numerous Edmonton civic bodies. The brief lays stress on the desirability of making improvement to Jasper, Canada's largest national park. Repairing of the Jasper, end of the Jasper-Banff highway by widening it for approximately fifty miles, is regarded as urgent and improved fire protection and street maintenance service is desired. "When the highway ' is completed through the Yellowhead to the coast, passing through Jasper, it will constitute an all-year round road, easily kept open in the winter, ana us tributary, the Evergreen Trail, w*d. pass through the garden spots of Western Canada," the brief points out. Want Circle Tour Concern is felt "for tne trend that seems apparent in the development of the national parks in Alberta, namely that you must enter and leave by Banff�that you must think In terms of Banff." The,benefits to the Canadian National Railways would alone Justify a whole program of expansion in the park and Its tributay highways, the petitioners believe.. The brief was submitted by the F.d-monton Chamber of Commerce, Edmonton Junior Chamber of Commerce Mberta Motor Associat'on,. Northern Albieta F:sh and Game League and the National Parks; Highway Association. Estimates Show Funds For Chief Lake Phone; Bigger Postof f ice Grant Supplementary Votes to Provide for Telephone Line Construction and #37,500 Building Supplementary estimates announced Friday in the House of Commons by Hon. Charles Dunning, Minister of Finance, included provision for an increased grant of #12,500 for the federal building at Prince George, and construction of a telephone line by, federal government from Prince George to Chief Lake. ____The appropriations are a part of the #2,000,000 which will �*be spent in British Columbia by the Dominion goernment for a vast program of public works. Included in the estimates is a grant of $335,000 for the Jasper-Banff highway, which will be linked to Prince George when the gap Federal Member Urging Improved er vices Either Private Station or C. B. C. Unit Probable For Prince George Improvement in radio facilities at Prince George, either through installation of a private station with necessary wire connection no that C.B.C. programs may be distributed, or through installation of a station directly by the Canadian Brodcasting Corporation, is being sought by J. G. Turgeon, MP, for Cariboo. A review oi tiie whole _,situation is contained in a letter from Mr. Turgeon to Dr. H. J. Hocking, of the Board of Trade radio committee. The letter follows: "The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have definitely decided tnat improved service in northern and central British Columbia is absolutely necessary. The situation has been made difficult by difference of opinion concerning the best method of approach to the problem. Some, mainly the engineers, claim that the remedy is to be found in the installation of a 50.-000 watt, station at Vancouver. "Others fear that the suggested enlargement of the Vancouver station will not be a remedy but only an improvement, so far as our portion 01 tne interior of British Columbia is concerned. Those who hold uiis view are of opinion that the best, and only true solution, is an arrangement with tne railway company which will provide a low powered station at Prince George, and possibly one at Hazel ton. "I have been carrying on conversations in this matters at every available opportunity for some months. I was in Ottawa on; constituency business in December last, and took advantage of my visit to spend some considerable time in Montreal with the representative of the engineering branch of the C.B.C. "Since coming down for the purpose of attending the session, early in January, I have had conversations with both engineers and administrative officials of the C.B.C, including Mr. L. W. Brockington, K.C., chairman of the Board of Governors, and Mr. Gladstone Murray, General Manager. Reduction of Licence Fees "The situation has been further complicated by the strong campaign during some months for a reduction 01 radio licence fees. This particular �Continued on Page Four) See "FEDERAL" is bridged between Prince George and Jasper through McBride and the Yellowhead Pass. Twenty-five thousand dollars is provided for a public building at Dawson Creek. Plans for the postoffice, which nave been outlined by J. G. Turgeon M.P. will now provide for further equipment and furnishings, giving Prince George a $37,500 structure. Contract for the postoffice has been let to Bennett ..& White Construction Co. of Vancouver, and work is expected to start almost immediately, since the contract was given in early January and the agreement calls for completion of the building- ten months after signing of the contract. Chief Lake Connection The Chief Lake telephone connection will cost in the neighborhood ol $3000 according to.officials of tne uu-minion government service wno surveyed the area from Prince George in early March. Although no announcement has been made as to starting date of the work, it is expected that contruction will begin in August ot this year. It is believed that fir poies will be used, giving farmers in the territory an opportunity to do the work. P. G. Miller, supervising foreman from Quesnel said in Prince George that eight men will probably be employed on the job, and that about 720 poles would be used. He thought the work would start about August. The exact amount of money appropriated for the Prince George-Chief Lake work has not been announced, but it is a part of a total of $62,250 for telegraph and telephone extensions in B.C. Local Scouts May Attend Ceremonies Jack Nicholson, energetic leader of Prince George's thriving Boy Scout organization, is making an eftort to send sixteen scouts to Vancouver during the visit of Their Majesties the. King and Queen at the coast city. School students from every municipality in the province will attend the ceremonies, and Mr. Nicholson would like to see scouts from outlying areas at Vancouver for the celebration. A letter has gone from Commissioner W. R. Munro outlining Mr. Nicholson's efforts, to W. M. S. Solway, B.C. Boy Scout commissioner, asking if. consideration can be given to the proposal. If the invitation is made, Van- couver will look after George boys in the city. the Prince City's Future That Prince George has prospects oi growing in size and importance and is destined to enjoy much more progress than it has in the past 25 years, was decided at the final debate of Rev. Erich Hopka's public speaking class' held in the Shasta Cale Monday evening: Supporting the city were E. Victor Whiting and David Williams and they were opposed by William Ferry and James Ross. Mr. Williams saw possibilities of expanding tourist traffic in this district, anrt specifically mentioned the Alaska highway and the popular "over.--the top" water trip from Summit Lake. Monkman Pass highway, which Is destined to become an actuality, lumber expansion and expansion and exploitation of agricultural resources, will all brine; new wealth, he contended. Mr. Whiting traced the city's history recounting the many setbacks that have blocked progress. Hog raising and clover* seed production all should be expanded because "a city only grows as fast as the country surrounding it." Possibilities of striking oil in this area are not remote, the speaker claimed. . Taking the other view, B Jl Ferry believed, that the peak population figure in this city will oe 7500 to be reached through natural growth. Lumbering, on which the city's prosperity is apparently based, has little future, he said, and engineers have little faith in the territory as a mining field. Mr. Ross said that settlement schemes which have been advanced to induce more people to live here, are artificial. It should not be necessary to persuade settlers to come. They should come on their own volition. Mining he dismissed as being an artificial criterion of progress or stability. Subject of the debate was: "Prince George is not destined to enjoy any more progress than it has in the past 25 years." Decision, for the negative, was reached by a vote of the audience. 1