PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN Prince George, B.C., Thursday, March 28, 1940 #2.00 a Year __________________________________ NG C A RRIES C AN A D^ 3 TO 1 Turgeon Doubles His plurality of 1935 Election In Cariboo Riding Government Supporters Now Greater Than in Last House and People Give Emphatic Answer to Opposition Challenge of Mackenzie King's Conduct of Canada's War Effort Aberhart Retains Control of Alberta Government Majority in Last House Greatly Reduced by Joint Opposition of Liberals' and Conservatives Powerful Majority With 12.718 of the 16,068 votes ac-'� Including Liberal Progressives and . fcr in the Cariboo federal rid-0)1 which embraces the provincial rid-iL of Fort George, Lillcoet, Omineca, Peace Rver, J. Gray Turg-Libcral, is leading Wm. Irvine, by" 026 votes. The third candi-Frcci H. Stephens, National Gov-c?n be class- there ed as an '.'also ran." In Fort George provincial ridinj are two polls with 47 votes still to re-In these reporting Turgeon has Irvine 1354 and Stephens 344. on thus has a, plurality of 61 over port 1415. Irvine 1354 Turg' Irvine. ,,, __ In Li'looet provincial riding Turgeon has 649. Irvine 694 and Stephens 405, 12 polls having 436 votes unre-Irvine has a plurality of 45 with parted. overTurRCon. In Oniineca Turgeon has 538, Irvine 306 and Stephens 155, with two poll* Mvin" 44 votes unreported. Turgeon shows"* plurality here of 232 over the CCF candidate. in Cariboo provincal riding Turgeon has 1703. Irvine 1125, Stephens 784, and four polls with 88 votes listed are unreported. Turgeon shows a plurality of 57B over Irvine here. Liberal Independents, 184 Liberals will follow the leadership of Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenrie King as Prime Minister of Canada. Here is the result of the election by provinces: Prince Edward Lsland sent four Liberals out of a total of four seats; Nova Scotia eleven out of twelve; New Brunswick five out of ten; Quebec 61 out of 64. and the remaining three are Liberal Independents. Ontario sends 55 Liberals and two Progressive Liberals out of 82 seits; Manitoba 14 Liberals and one Progressive Liberal out of 17; Saskatchewan 11 out of 21; Alberta seven out of 17; B.C. 10 out of 16. Latest returns give results of Tuesday's election as follows: Liberals 178 3 Progressive Liberals . Independent LiberaJs National Government C. C. F........................... National Democracy . United Reform ............ Independent .................. Deterred......................... Alberta Elections�57 Seats , Social Credit .............;............. 28 Independents ........................... 16 Undecided............................... . 13 Latest reports show the Social Credit group to have elected 28 members out of 57 seats in the Alberta legislature in i last Thursday's election. This fs just j one short of a majority. Independents j have 16 seats assured ? ad the balance ! 13 are still in doubt. Premier Willi?m Aberhart's Etocinl i Credit government in Alberta has- evi-i dently been sustained, but with a vastly j reduced majority. Although the elec-; tion was held last Thursday, cc-mplete ! returns are not as yet available owing I to the long drawn1 out system of count-j ing the proportional reprecontait'on and 'single transferable vote, j Out cf 450,000 eligible voters the latest returns show 46.9 par cent of those P'Voated cast their ballots for the independent candidates, while 45 per cent voted for Social Credit candidates. 38 8 7 1 1 1 5 oouDirui The defeat of Hon. R. J. Manion, the leader of the Nation Government party, Tirgeon's total plurality in the four -to Fort William was possibly the most 826 at present surprising upset of the election. P. B. Hanson is suggested as house leader for the Conservatives if a seat Is not f(und ifor Mr. Manion. I Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Mackenzie | King has 184 members, counting six provincial ridings count. In the Peace River reports so fax give Turgeon 1378, Irvine 1375 and Stephens 493.. Election day, in Prince George passed �lndependent ^ progressive Liberals. . oil without much change f*>�m\or- Besides the vacant portfolio of sec-dinonj hncinpRs'rittv. Some 1242 voters .___ _. _._�� .i__ __,______;_i_i___t~ dinary business 'day. Some retary of state, the prime minister is appeared at the polls and cast their ^^^ to be considering the creation vctcsouiof a possible number or low. if ^^ new porLfollos munitions and When counting the ballots began it; s c lnformatlon) ^ alr iras- quickly sensed that the race in � ministry. OMINECA DISTRICT in Prince George was between J. Gray Turgeon, Liberal candidate and former Mj>* for the riding, and William Irvine, CCF. candidate from Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Fred H. Stephens running a poor third. The final count gave Turgeon 575, Irvine 551 and Stephens 156, a plurality of 24 votes for Turgeon over Irvine. Mr. Turgeon's. plurality over Irvine ����, ,�,,:,,� in C:.riboo\iding as we go to press Is Oern�nsen Landing 826. > '- IHuiau, Mr. Stephens ran a poor third, and as a result will lose his deposit of $200. The vote by polls received up to going to press is as follows: Orva Fraser of Longworth bagged a large sized cougar last week with one shot from a .22 rifle. Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King Whose Liberal government swept Canada last Tuesday. WELLS TO EXPLORE TERRACE PROPERTY Fred M. WelLs, pioneer prospector and Aurora Borealis Puts Prince George On Radio Airlanes Gramophone Music at Prince George Hotel Heard on Radio in Many Homes The phenomena of the aurora borealis (northern lights) as seen from this city on Sunday night last accomplished something that the Beard of Trade, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, federal and local members of parliament, and in fact the entire citizenry have been strenuously endeavoring to bring about for a number cf years. It brought Prince George radio fans their first purely local radio broadcast. Radio reception in Prince George on Sunday evening was practically nil in so far as outside stations were concerned. From press reports this condition was general all over the North American continent. The cause of this was put down to the widespread display of the aurora borealis. which is supposedly due to electro-magnetic influences in the rare upper atmosphere. The display Gf the phenomena to mine developer of British Columba, was those cltizens of Prince George fortun- in town Monday en route to Terrace with a crew of eight men. He is starting a development program on some mining claims near Terrace in which he has been interested for several years past. Ratepayers Endorse Power By-Law 8 to 1 Chilco ......................... 27 Engen ........................ 27 iFinmore ....�................. 28 iFort Fraser ................ 184 '; Fraser Lake . 91 144 17 JFort St. James Ipinchi Lake ..... zn FORT GEORGE DISTRICT Mapes ..,.. 56 Mxmson Creek .......... 59 Nithi River ............... 25 Nechako ............:......... 52 Stuart River ............ 37 Vanderhoof .............. 437 12 14 3 57 63 73 21 11 25 24 8 3 40 6 8 17 66 14 22 7 17 2 24 8 19 5 184 91 71 Aleza Lake ...........�... 57 Beavcrley.................... 30 Becinesti ...................... 13 Bend ............................ 42 Cale Creek ....... 61 Chief Lake ................ 69 Croydon ............... 47 Dewry...............ZZ 22 Dome Creek ..._......... 46 Dunster..................... "34 ^ay Porks ..........1' 27 Giscome ................. 178 Goat River ................ 22 Hansard .............. . 35 Hutton, ......._ 23 Isle Pierre"!."'.".""..! 62 ko ..... .............. gg Lucerne ..... "......... 10 Mout Robson III 18 River .. 34 ...... 254 McLeod Lake ..."~ 26 Penny George Pass ... z;; 137 I Mills aune Cache .... 37 ^w River Woodpecker.. .- 42 32 15 10 20 19 10' 8 28 20 14 55 13 17 18 16 12 16 7 7 86 a 17 IS 53 575 37 28 29 29 0 26 85 20 17 4 8 35 10 9 11 9 16 31 17 8 2 30 0 83 8 7 4 18 34 9 1 0 106 4 18 22 56 551 8 33 23 23 14 31 67 16 30 3 17 35 19 CARIBOO Alexandria E.......... Alexandria W...... Alexis Creek Big Creek .......... Black Creek Beaver Lake DISTRICT 63 34 58 34 22 67 25 13 15 20 21 10 5 4 30 15 Baker Creek ........... 33 Barkervllle............... 190 Canln Lake ............. 29 44 Chilcotln ~.....-.-� Chezacut .......... Castle Rock Cottonwood......... Hanceville ........... Cinema............... 14 Dog Creek ........... 0 Pawn .........._....-... 2 Forest Grove ..... 1 Gang Ranch 13 Horsefly ............. 2 .Hydraulic............ 0 Keithley Creek 46 OJKersley ........................ 74 3 .Likely .............-........... u5 |Moose Heights ........ 47 22 Meldrum Creek ...: - 32 3iNadco .......-................. 15 47 13 12 48 ' 1 0 25 32 40 91 92 105 39 31 36 13 0 10 0 6 14 23 0 19 33 39 32 IT 4 39 25 12 6 11 9 17 17 41 60 20 6 IS 5 1 4 10 156 1 5 16 10 0 1 18 10 4 0 4 10 0 lOd talle House 115 Mile House 127 Mile House 150 Mile House 57 61 30 80 Quesnel ...�...................710 Rose Lake.......- &2 Redstone................... ^ Springhouse .............. 74 Soda Creek ................ HO Stanley ___-............... 27 Strathnaver .............. 7* Swan Lake ............. � 10 TaUa Lake ................ 57 Williams Lake..........a*8 Wtngdam 1................. ^ Wells .................-......--1026 32 43 21 66 341 10 14 27 62 4 26 4 7 249 17 281 10 2 1 5 187 17 1 25 3 8 31 2 0 53 34 395 49 5 6 21 2 0 1 4 3 4 8 15 3 5 19 12 10 4 5 5 2 2 155 24 4 6 26 I2 4 1 5 145 16 165 By a vote of 130 for to 16 against, and one spoiled ballot, a ratio of eight to one. Prince George ratepayers gave the city councilute from Seattle to Anchorage in a tri-motored Stinson plane because of poor flying weather, had brought his radio from the plane to the hotel. When the house radio failed to get reception he tried his, but had no better success. With his radio Pilot Wocdley has a gramophone attachment which sounds through the radio loudspeaker. When no out-side programmes could be picked up he entertained the hotel guests with a musical-records concert in the lobby. A resident dropped in and hearing the gramophone programme stated that must be the concert he was getting on his home radio. Immediately several known radio owners in the city were phoned. They responded with the statement that their radios were dead. They were told to try around 1410 kc, and strange as it may seem, in each case the programme of records was reproduced on their radios in all sections of the city. So, Prince George had its first and only purely Prince George radio broadcast up to the present. Telegraphic communication lines all over the North American continent were reported to have been seriously affected by the aurora borealis display. In tho East it was stated that the telegraphic companies lost upwards of $300,000 by failure of wire circuits causing a holdup of Easter greeting messages. In the local C.N.R. commercial telegraph offices Manager Harry Goodwin fought his instruments from 9 ajn. to 11 a.m. Sunday getting through one message. Not being aware of the aurora borealis interference he just about dismantled his extensive equipment trying to find a "short" or other trouble. At times he feared the whole apparatus would go up in a burst of flames. But most interesting is that Prince George now takes it rightful place on the airlanes, having had its first public radio broadcast, admittedly only local, but entirely without help and In spite of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. urn outcrops have suggested commercial values and this season's development will, it is hoped, bring about a large scale operation at the property in the near future. Several large mining companies have made inquiries during the past few months and examinations are expected to be made In the next month by their representatives. Besides the molybdenum showings. Mr. Johnson states there Is a quartz showing on the property from which assays up to $30 in gold have been obtained. This vein will also be opened