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CITIZEN
Vol. 22, No. 44
Prince George, B>.C;, Fjovember 2, 1939'
#2.00 a Year
Mayor Makes Bid For More Land Civic Purposes
$25,000 Extension to City Power! Plant Being Considered � By Councillors
m conversation with a representative Jihe citizen on his return from VI-vUa on Monday, where he attended a oXnUon of the Union of B.C. Muni- , SSes, His Worship Mayor A. M. SSerson stated he had taken advan-Se of the opportunity to discuss' with I Sf Griffith details of the Dominion Jeff-liquidating projects being carried nn in Prince George.
��it was generally understood," said the mayor, "that work under this plan would continue without a break. As a rnaiority of Prince George reoef recipi-
nh were for the last month receiving i s on waterworks installation, the j required permission to continue | work under this scheme when men re4pply for relief. Satis-! ivuw.y arrangements to do this have
n�The*mayor also discussed with Hon. wplls Gray, and received very favorable consideration to his proposal to have Staside an additional area adjoining Jhe present cemetery to be used as re-
qlondthe principle that if you do not JTyou will not receive, the mayor dis-^�Pd with the minister of lands the
ffi purposes another 160 acres adjoln-inTthe present airport as a future addition tithe property. This has been rSommended by the Dominion department of transport through J. A. Wll-2^ Chier3*roller of civil aviation for 'Canada, and his west�n reprwo^-ative W. S. Lawaon of Regina. These
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THEY WILL MEET HITLER'S THREATENED ATTACK�Britain's "Big Three," heads of the three arms of the service, are conferring often these days as Hitler, nds peace offer definitely rejected, is reported preparing for a "blood bath" for the allies. Shown in London as they leave a meeting, they are Air Marshall Sir Cyril Newall, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Dudley iPound and General Sir Edmund Ironside, chief of the Imperial General Staff. Undoubtedly they are prepared for any move of Herr Hitler.
Manganese Outcrops Near Fort Fraser Will Be Investigated Immediately
Dominion Geological Survey Report Draws Attention to Deposits
and Suggests Area Deserving of Prospecting�-Local *" Syndicate Acquires Claims on Showings.
of the legislature. While in^yancouyer -the mayor dis- Manganese is the ore dealt with in this issue of the Citizen in
cussed at lerierth .-with the manager of - i . .1 � 1 t-> �
Canadian I^rbanL-Morse the possi- its campaign to awaken interest in known outcrops in. the Prince bility txf financing a new unit for pow- George district of metals urgently needed for war purposes. In the ^K^XS^nSS^S past three issues of the Citizen articles have been published dealing "wo �� rniiataral o^cur^f^^-^^ with mcAybdenun^^cinnabar.: and tungsten, essentajij^ar materials.
111 :a- ~����n�(i An area with deposits of
CHANGES IN AIR MAIL
Changes - effective in airmail service on November 1 bring the plane from Kamloops for Fort St. John via Prince George instead of direct from Vancouver as formerly. The mail plane leaves Kamloops on Wednesdays at 9 a.m., arriving at Prince George at 10:55 and Port St. John -at 12:45. Returning the plane leaves Fort St. John on Mondays at 8 a.m., arriving here at 9:30 and at Kamloops at 11:45 a.m.
Prince George Organizes Red Cross Society
Charter Received, Enthusiastic Meeting Elects Preliminary Officers
At a well attended meeting held in tne Prince George Hotel ballroom on Monday evening it was decided to or-" ganize a branch of the Red Cross Society in Prince George.
Mayor A. M. Patterson opened the meeting and explained the steps so far j taken, reporting that a charter had al-i ready been issued.
I It was decided the officers would con-I sist of a president, two vice-presidents, j a secretary and a treasurer, and that the executive committee should consist of six additional members to be chosen from welfare and other organizations in the city at a subsequent meeting. Officers elected were: president. Mayor A. M. Patterson; 1st vice-president, Mrs. Martin Caine; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. C. Ewert; secretary, J. Nicholson; treasurer, Frank Smith.
A meeting is to be called by the officers at the earliest possible date when the additional members to form the executive will be chosen. This next meeting will also constitute the first annual general meeting of the branch of the society.
The memDership fee is $1.00 and over fifty of those in attendance on Monday night paid their membership fees.
Among others in attendance and Joining the Prince George branch of the society were Mrs. E. K. Caine, E. H. Sidall .Mrs. Jaxdine, D^Fr&ser, J. H.
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company were interested, ow auuiLtvu norm 01 ruiu *.-i^*~.. _.
that a proposition of this nature was a dirt road leaving the Prince George
beyond their jurisdiction and would Hazelton'highway at Fort Fraser.
'-�J *� tv>c head office A syndicate comprising Fort Fraser and Prince George residents has located j a group of mineral claims on these outcrops and proposes to intensively prospect the area to ascertain the possibilities of commercial production.
These manganese outcrops occur as pyrolusite and psilomeline in carboniferous quartzites, and cover an area approximately four .and a half miles
square.
Assays from samples over mineable
avowing" Ttfie iw^cooivj .....___
issue of bonds, whidh might have to be �.iu* wt^ ^.....�
disposed of at less than par. The man- manganese lies about 100 miles west off------------------------
aeer and B.C. financial agent of the Prince George and about eight miles III V% f � k k company were interested, but admitted north of Fort Fraser. It is reached by 1 \�bD-^-IVI------ ., TV,te nntnrft was a dirt road leaving the Prince George- j
Big Savings For nicipali
B.C. Government To Drill For Oil In Peace Block
Prevailed Upon Government To
Lighten Municipal Load
By Over #600,000
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Speech
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these outcrops wniuu �c� K.........
the Department of Mines and Resources t Ottawa in 1938. Mr/ Gray says, in
Appropriated
The third sessiohTf the nineteenth ......
British Columbia legislature �P�.edJ� irregular fractures
3 p.m. Tuesday without Oj^fiJ^ along the siJ.....
and ceremony,� Ueutenant-Governor a. t walled u. . W. Hamber delivering the speech from boniferqtis age the throne dressed in a mom tag coat ation is greate
instead of the usual Windsoi umform. - --------
The speech referred to the �-^ certrinty of its successful well as outlining a very 1 Clianges in tlie Election dieted and discussion the advisibility of nr nf voters compulsory. "" most noteworthy item
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ties. The session, according to the mayor, lasted three days and elicited much useful discussion on matters pertaining to municipalities.
Mr. Patterson lias for several years served on the important resolutions committee and was again this year in action on that commmittee.
Speaking to a resolution submitted by Courtenay protesting against the federal 8 per cent tax on electric light and power, when the resolution was in dan-� .-... .umnm mit-, of committee
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presence of anoej1 the rocks. abl? manganese sum north
siderable .._ _ ^el "The tertiary
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volcanics
The most novewuimj �----speech was that dealing with {he PJJ_ posal to set aside $200,000 fot the driU-
psal to set
ing of an oil well
district in 1940.
00,000
in the Peace
as outside the jurisdiction of the u, Mayor Patterson took up the fight and drew attention to the inequality of th? tax on residents of- small communities where rates in some instances were as 20 nts per kilo-watt hour.
School Children
Planning Operetta
Sixty-five Pupils Cast in Musical - Fairy Story "lT
On Noverhbei'L- 24 the Prince George elementary school will stage a children's operetta "The Blue Belt1' in the Princess Tteatre. Some sixty-five children will be cast in a musical interpretation of this Norwegian fairy tale as written by George. Murray Brown with a musical score by Dorothy Blake. It is being produced by permission of the Willis Music Company.
The bright musical numbers, clever comedy and beautifully costumed choruses, together with the colorful stage setting, combine to make it one of the most beautiful operettas staged here, and should make it a treat for all.
The production is under the general direction of T. S. Carmichael, with J. Sanders as musical director. Miss A. Peck is in charge of costumes and Mr. Matthews and Mr. Leversage in charge of scenery and properties. All members of the staff are assisting In various ways.'
Tickets will be on sale after the 15 th of November and proceeds will "be devoted to school purposes.
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John Jacob Astor Likes Central B.C.
Makes Second Holiday Trip on C.N.R. in Two Years
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McKenzie, J. Sargent, M. Hbcking. M. Cheer, M, Henry, C. James, N. Lyons, Mrs. W. L. Hughes, E. N. Ferrier. M. Foster, Kathleen Harlow, W. E. Fuller-bon, Mary A. Travis, C. J. Fullerton, Amy Mllburn, George Milburn, Karl Anderson, F. Moffat. H. H. Douglas. Mrs. H. H. Douglas, S. J. Clare, Julia A. Bond, Janet A. Kennedy, Mae Armstrong, Edith Robertson, Mary Perkins, Jessie A. Armstrong-, Judith Guile, Ida Jenk, Frances Molnnis. Gladys Friend, R. McNeil, Annie W. Gftul, Mrs. T. Ogg, Mrs. A. Coukeli, Mrs. C. Ewert, Mrs. V. Morgan. M. S. Caine, Frank Clark, E. MacEachren, A* MacEachren. Elizabeth Patterson, Frank Smith, A. M. Pater-
son, W. G. McMorris, Mary E. M.cMor-risjTMrs. 3. A. F. Campbell.
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HOLD WINTER FAIR AT KAMLOOPS
British Columbia is to have a. winter fair after all. Tl^e British Columbia Beef Growers" Association has decided to sponsor a fair at Kamlcops on the 4th and 5th of December to replace the one usually held at Vancouver, but cancelled this year because military officials have taken over the exhibition buildings at Hastings Park. A strong committee has been appointed to work out the details for the fair, for which Don Sutherland." district agriculturist at Kamloops, will be manager.
in some instances w cents per kilo-watt hour. ltedurrent at
his say
strict in 1940. Creek
A survey of a road from Pine Cj eeK to Commotion Creek has been complet ed, and starting on November 10 it proposed to put in thirty-three Jies winter road to get the drilling m m.
John Hart, finance mirustei. a surplus of $4,000,000.
R. L. Maitland, Conservatn intimated ho would make no the speech and would in ever> to facilitate the government ing out the session's ��*=ran
H. Wrinch, C.CF. I intention of having in reference to the throne s. The formal ball and state Government House was not ��*"-. day evening, although an infoimal i_ ception took place after the had adjourned for the day.
CARS COLLIDE
Dan Gallo of the Northwest Produce Co.. driving his Ford deliver" �cK 01 Queen street collided with I Van Dyk's Plymouth coupe ter^ectlon of Bowser. Both and the truck were badly ds though the drivers escaped police- court yesterday Gallo charge of reckless'driving, the ing adjourned until next
"The tertiary voicamca �,....� and west of the carboniferous sediments in which the manganese deposits occur are stained with manganese oxides, and presumably manganese is a constituent of one or more of the minerals forming these rocks. Possibly the tertiary volcanic rqeks have yielded manganese to surface waters which deposited the manganese oxides in fractures and elsewhere in the carboniferous rocks. If this is the mode of origin, the carboniferous rocks, since they are the most shattered, offer the best possibilities, and search should be made near the contact of these .rocks and the volcanics. "Local depressions of the topography along the contact zone would be especially favorable."
MANGANESE The three most common manganese
iro minerals are pyrolusite, manganite
Leyland of West Van-
and psilomelane. Pvrolusite occurs
jommonly as
tends to
high as JM ceuu> h^* �-<-- ____
while larger centres suppned..current at as low a rate as one cent for an equal amount. Following the mayor's talk the matter was referred to the incorrdng executive for necessary action.
Mayor Andrew McGavin of Victoria welcomed the 125 delegates from sixty-six sections of the province. In his opening remarks he said: "Despite the war, business of municipalities must be carried 011 and municipal government should be kept at a high state of efficiency."
Reeve J. B. couver presided.
Over �one hundred resolutions submitted by municipalities from every section of the province were dealt with by the convention. Chairman Leyland gave a resume of the union's conference, with the provincial government leading to a more equitable division of the costs of relief, and stated that they had been successful in getting the government to assume 60 per cent instead of 40 per cent of the cost of "unem-ployables." This had saved the municipalities some $150,000 per annum.
Also the union was successful In having the provincial government assume 80 per cent of the cost of unemployment. This meant a saving of $450,000 a year to municipalities, and with the $150,000 mentioned above placed the (Continued on Page Five) See "BIG SAVINGS"
John Jacob Astor, whose forefathers established a fur trading post at Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia river in the early eighteen hundreds, evidently has the family's pioneering spirit. Two years ago he made a leisurely trip into the central interior of British Columbia with a party of friends, going as far as Prince Rupert in his private car. At that time he spent a few hours in this city. He was evidently quite favorably Impressed with the country, and on Tuesday passed through Prince George
Tuesday passed through Prince Gerg again on a leisurely holiday trip, this time accompanied by two New York friends, Lloyd Grimscom and John Drayton. They spent several days in Prince Rupert and during their visit there took a launch trip around the harbor and visited other interesting points in the vicinity.
In a conversation with Assistant Superintendent J. W. McAulay of the Canadian National Railways who travelled with the party from Prince George to Prince Rupert and return, Mr. Astor stated he was greatly entranced with the scenery along the route, particularly that part along the Skeena river which he said reminded him of Lake Constance in the Italian Alps.
Mr. Astor informed Mr. McAulay that he intended to return next year and td th possibility of doing a little
he intended to return next year and suggested the possibility of doing a little hunting on his next trip out.
His private car was attached'to the regular CN JR. passenger train and was td via Vancouver on the return
Expert Believes Central Interior Good Pork Area
Bacon Shortage in Great Britain
Can Be Supplied By
Canada
N. Curtis, district field man for the department of Dominion production services at Ottawa, in charge of Alberta and British Columbia territory, spent several days in the district during the past week and made the rounds of the farming communities in the vicinity of Prince George in company with Harry Bowman, colonization agent for the C.N.R., before returning to his headquarters in Edmonton.
Mr. Curtis informed a representative of the Citizen that one of the greatest opportunities in history now awaited farmers in Canada in the matter of supplying hog products bo Great Britain and her allies. Due to war conditions Poland, formerly supplying big quantities of hog products to France and the Old Country, is now completely shut^ off from these markets, while Sweden, and Denmark have been forced to curtail their shipments through the blockade existing in the Baltic and North Sea. Both these Scandinavian countries formerly supplied a considerable a-mount of their production to Britain and France. The result is that Canada is being called upon to supply an ever increasing quota to make up the deficiency.
Great Britain previous to. the war had given* Canada a* preference market for 280,000,00 pounds of bacon a year, but the best year's shipments, so far had amounted to 190.000.000 pounds. War conditions would demand a much
reg CN JR. passengr routed via Vancouver on journey to New York.
War c larger quota.
"Any country that grows barley and oats of as high a quality as the central interior of British Columbia is an ideal hog and bacon country." concluded Mr. Curtis.