PRINCE
V
ol. 72. No. 28,
Prince    George, B. C
Thursday, lute 13, 1939
fanners Hold Annual Meeting At Vanderhoof
Lower Freight Rates on Cream
Asked of Canadian National
Railway
Annual convention ol the Farmers' Institutes of District "C," held in Vanderhoof on July 7 and 8, was one of the largest and most successful in many years. Delegates attended from an points of the district including NftBride. Many visitors were also, present and interesting addresses -were heard. All the following retiring officers were re-elected:
Honorary   president, Perry, Prince George.
President, E. J. Do idntJr^
 G.
oo Secreta
eofge
^Advisory  board member,  R.  Blackburn, Prince George.
Alternate  advisory    board  member. C Prout< Vanderhoof. Auditor. G. Miilburn,,,Prince George. Director B.C. Jield' crop  union. R. Blackburn, Prince George.
The following is a synopsis of reso-lutions/approved:
,l were in charge.
Mr. Watson died at his home 6, a.m. Friday, July 7 at the age of 62 after a brief illness.
Pallbearers were A. B. Moffat, "William Coop,  J. N. Keller,    Martin  S. Caine,    Earle   Fulmer    and   George Forbes, all affiliates of Masonic Lodge. Mr. Watson's . death    removes    an early pioneer and business builder of Prince George.    As president  of  the Prince  George    Drug    Co.    Ltd.  for many years    he and    his successive partners built up one of the soundest establishments of its kind in the interior. He had a keen interest in civic affairs and in the political life of the country. He brought   his    experience and judgment to the Board of Trade when he served . as president for  a term. A staunch Conservative, he was active in the local organization as secretary of the Fort George Conservative Association. Was Ontario Born
Born in Parkhill, Ont., Mr. Watson came to Fort Geprge in 1913. He was graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy and held druggist and chemist papers in Ontario, Illinois, Alberta and British Columbia.
'Mr. Watson was linked with, the early development of Fort George. On first coming here ^23 years ago he engaged in tb.e reaL^sjjate ^business as a partner in; the^nriii^K �Gosnerton. and Watson, and was later a member of the staff of the British North America Bank at the time "of the managership of the late John Munro.
He soon returned jo his profession however, and entered the employ of John Campbell, pioneer druggist in South Fort George and later in prince George. Later he and Harry B. Guest purchased the interest of Mr. Campbell and the Watson-Guest partnership continued until 1931 when Mi1. Guest disposed of his interest to Earle Fulmer, present secretary of the Prince George Drug Co. Ltd. In an, Mr. Watson had been engaged in pharmacy for forty years.
Besides Mrs. Watson, he leaves to mourn his passing a son, Thomas, and two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Ebert (Lucille), of New Westminster, and Isobel, and a sister-, Mrs. K. Bell of Victoria who was present at the funeral. Mr. Watson was affiliated with the Orange Order and was a Master Mason.                                      ........
j Road  Work  to  Begin
Total of $45,000 B. G Funds (or District Roads
Work Proposed in Fort George Riding Allows for Extensions to Yellowhead Highway
Forty thousand dollars has been allotted to the Fort George road district on highway construction by the provincial minister of public works. This is in addition to the district vote for maintenance of forty-five thousand dollars which has been available since April 1. Tax work and relief work on roads, bridges and ferry appropriations are additional to triTs work.    No definite decision
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construction  of    a    bridge    or ierry
Dies After
Attack by Cow
Mrs. Emelia K. Gldlund, wife of Erik Gidlund, succumbed Sunday morning to injuries received when she was attacked and gored by an enraged cow at a pasture in the � Wlllson K.O. following discussion by tne city council aimed at prohibiting any to tether on city property more one team of horses, r the existing pound bylaw, no is allowed to keep any such ........�. on either city or private property, but apparently this enactment is not rigidly enforced.
The city council^ has lately been hearing complaints, however, about the habit of same farmers and others using certain sections of the city as Pasture land. To stop the practice oi keeping a number of horses on municipal ground, whe council has prepared this new amendment which will oniy allow two horses and the law is in tended to be enforced iron now on.
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Searchlight Unit
Holds Appeal
Vancouver Militiamen Join New Regiment Early
According to reports from Vancouver, interest in militia circles these days is centering on the newly-formed 1st B. C. Searchlight Regiment, which was converted to such- from, the B. C. Hussa'rs (A. C). The new searchlight unit will receive its first training at 'Esquimalt from. July 16 to July 25.
Prince George's recently authorized unit is a part of this regiment, being the 2nd Searchlight Battery (R. C. A The new regiment, with Its technical appeal, is drawing large numbers oE recruLts at Vancouver, 34 having been signed on early, most � of them engaged In engineering and electrical occupations in Me.                       ;......^
City Saves
$1,200 Relief
Fort George Log
Scale Increases
 to the council.
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it without delay.
Governments Now Share Greater Unemployment Cost
Under the terms of a new federal-provincial relief agreement announced from Victoria by Hon.- &. S. Pearson, British Columbia municipalities wll be able to reduce their annual relief costs by approximately $500,000.
.Under the new bill, the federal and provincial governments would share with the municipalities on a 40-40-20 basis the costs of supporting people considered unemployable, Including those who are aged, � infirm or bedridden, being charity cases. Heretofore municipalities   paid    on a 60-40
basis.
The new agreement will mean a saving this year of $308.24. for Prince George. For the full year the saving would ibe roughly $1232.00.
June
Production    This Doubles 1938
Year
Log scaling in the Port G-eorge forestry district for the month of June this year totalled 2,686.930 board feet as compared with 1,115,514 board feet in the same month last year, according to figures released by assistant district forester K F. Swannell.
Totals for this June and - o"ures for the same month last year are as follows:
1939
Sawlogrs    ......................2,619,721
ll     ft             48235
Cedar�Un. ft.
Cordwood posts ........
Fence-posts, cords ... M5ne props, cords ... Mine timbers, 1. ft.
48,235 627-5
147 2,280
1933 1,058,549
32,841 _____483
Ties   ..............................    15-915
5.360 18,281