PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, April 25, 1940
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FORMER LAW OFFICER HERE PROMOTED
Inspector John Shines of Kamloops division of the British Columbia police is to be the new assistant commissioner, it was announced from Victoria last week. He is taking over his new duties on June 1 after the retirement of Commissioner Forbes Cruick-
Rate Fixed At 65 For 1940; Revenue Estimated At $130,465.03
Prince George's 1940 budget was the important business be-c-r� His Worship Mayor A. M. Patterson and Aldermen H T. Hocking, J- N' KeUer, A. D. Motrat, W. R. Munro, Q. C. Reid land has since served at Prince George d W. J- Pitman when they met for the bi-monthly meeting of |and Prince ^P^ before going to ^e city council on Monday evening last. j Kamlo�Ps- p________
The mill rate remains at 65, the same as for 1939. On tax-!| � v% j f
able land valued at #623,104 this levy should bring in #40,495, \ LOCdl KG!! WfOSS but is budgeted at #30,000, with #10,000 as the amount of arrears j *AJ 1 p \ � of taxes expected to be collected during the current year. j W OtK K 316(1
distribution ot the mill rate was
The d agreed upon asfoUows:
charges
19*57 $12,370.37
iire chg per estimate-28.363 17,670.45
General rate .........,...;16J78O 10,454.14
65.000 $40,495.26
Total revenue for the .year is estimated at $130,465.03 made up as follows: current tax collections ....$ 30,000.00 Arrears tax collections .... 10,000.00
Other taxes.......................... 825.00
Trade licences .................... 4,736.00
permits and fees .............. 1,110.77
Administration Justice .... 501.60
Government grants .......... 25,379.00
School tuition fees .......... 1,306.00
Public utilities .................. 55,207.66
Skating rink .....>................. 400.00
Miscellaneous .......-............. 1,000.00
$130,465.03
Government grants include relief, social service, school and hospital grants. Public utilities income is derived mainly from the power and light plant and waterworks.
The estimated expenditures are placed at $130,094.14, with schools at $28,-200 leading the list and social service and relief coming second with $17,000. The budget as made up shows a surplus of $415.89 for the year, but the city fathers are not at all sanguine that the year's operations will work out quite so satisfactorily and -will not be at all surprised if the surplus is a small deficit by 1941.
At Headquarters
Regular business of the council included passing the recommendation or the finance committee for current ac-counts amounting to $5,339.27 of which i Second Shipment of Supplies
**>!.-1 Made Here Will Go Forward in Next Few Days.
The ladies of Prince George branch have received
$2,035
981.66 for ordinary payroll.
W. Reynolds and O. J. Boyce, dele-j gates from the1 Junior Chamber of1 Commerce, addressed the council in re- ; of ~^~e R�d"cross
of tRe r^ Cxoss s^ty have reCeived
gard to a clean-up campaign in co- a, complimentary letter from provincial operation with the city council, and on J headquarters in Vancouver stating that motion of Aldermen Mof fat and Pitman j their recent shipment of 190 pounds of May 6 to May 11 was set for the city. | hospital, surgical and soldiers' accessor-wid llcti f bbih d li
wide collection of rubbish and cleaning up of unsightly lots.
An application from Paul Weiland to purchase lot 9, block 121, for $77.25 was
Inter-City Spc
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Basketball Ornament Between Island Mountain And Prince George
Island Mountain Senior Girls' Team Defeated Prince George 21-12�In Senior Men's Game Prince George Upsets Island Mountain 33-16�Fast Wells Team Here Next Saturday.
Basketball fans of Prince George got^ Prince George seniors started out at a
ies fabricated in this district passed in- i the first quarter and spection as 100 per cent perfect. As the standard of work required by the Red Cross Is exceptionally high this news
on motion of Aldermen Keller and Reid j is exceedingly gratifying to workers in
accepted.
A couple of unoccuped shacks in the neighborhood of the city hall were ordered demolishesd.
The police report for March showed that four criminal compaints were taken care of, including theft of a bicycle, two of vagrancy and one of assault Two were allowed to go on suspended sentence, while two were fined $10.00 and costs each, a total of $23.50. Property reported stolen amounted to $74.50 of which $35.00 was recovered.
An application, from Crescent Canadian Shows for circus privileges in August this year was received. On motion of Aldermen^Keller and Reid it was decided to allow the circus to operate on payment of $25.00 a day license fee and a charge of $15.00 a day for ground rent.
WAR
THURSDAY
A big battle is raging about 50 miles north of Trondhelm, Norway, the Germans pressing hard the recently arrived British forces. British planes today bombed Trendheim in a blinding snowstorm. King Haakon said negotiations with Germans would not be discussed until Germans withdrew entirely from
Hospital Demands Advance Payment
Unless you carry local hospital insurance, or come under the Workmen's Compensation Board, Canadian National Employees' Medical Association, or are on relief; you will have to pay seven days' fees in advance before you can become a patient in une Prince George hospital, according to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the
exptata it was scuttled not destroyed ,^. in,future ^ tlents entering by British fleet. Sweden passed com-�; ^^ ^^ hospitol must ^y pulsory military service law for males ^ ^ ^ advance_$21.00 for between 16 and 60 years <*�** a� ^ $2800 for private ward tuck on Scapa Flow yestered failed to{ ^ o exception being those pa-Qo any damage or inflict casualties. It. 41_ ^___u^ ^,rt__^ +Uo tt�c�u.oi ri�Mi�
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� reported on good authority Stalin: InsurJmCe Workmen's Compensation did .not know of German attack moving Oslo from Lillhamar, maneuv-�..,. ^nnan troops into untenable Position there.
afternoon.
"warns **�*' Jt ^ useless atone is to blame for Nazi The whole German na- guity and the war is against all s and Is a war to the death.
HAND CUT WHILE CHOPPING WOOD QISCOME�Whiie~chopping wood here last Saturday. Oscar Anderson hjd the misfortunte to cut his Hand with an �xe. He went to Prince George for surgical attention where it required ten stitches to close up the wound.
I^ oFypiies
Last Sunday was the 25th am of the battle of Ypres, and Canadians In London held a celebration.
division C.A.SJP. is to be mobilized in May for intensive training purposes before proceeding overseas.
Lecture on Drama Tuesday Evening
The Little Theatre Association has received word that Mrs. Yvonne Sirkin, appointed by the provincial Board oi' Education to adjudicate at the drama festival being held at Quesnel Thursday. Friday and Saturday of tnis week, will arrive in Prince George on Tuesday, April 30.
for all the kiddies around the loop. In
The smoke was caused by firing the
the afternoon the children will be en- annual ccl'.e:tlon of fuel oil residue near tertained to a picture show at tr;� the roundhouse, and protective meas-
Strand Theatre, coupled witih an ic cream treat.
In the evening the ever popular masquerade ball for the children will open In Princess Hall. Finally the grown-ups will take over the ballroom and dance to their heart's content. The privilege of helping to mike a grand success of children's day is open to all, and this advance notice is given with the idea of calling atttention of both children and parents to the advisability of get-
ting Mhe costume ready for tne kiddies/p^rtment In good time. Further details will be
ures against it spreading had already been provided by the C.NJt. sjaff. In addition to the fire department, almost the entire police forceyand a large number of citizens excitealy made their way to the scene. /
Fire Chief Frasijr calls attention to the advisability before setting fire to rubbish of/phoning the fire department, thus saving city possible expense and nunimizing the danger of injuries to/firemen that each run of the de-
Arrangements have been made for given in future issues of the Citizen: _
Mrs. Sirkin to give an address in the
elementary school on Tuesday evening j D Z^^ 1A#:_�
at 8 o'clock, and all nterested In dram- r TOVInCC VT HIS
atics and the Little Theatre Associa- p � E:,,:--//1-.* tion are asked to be present and hearjr NCC riXmg VdSK
this informative and educational ad-j -/��
dress. An admission fee of 25 cents in a judgmept handed down Tuesday
for adults and 15 cents for children1 the Supreme^Court of Canada upheld
Local Soldiers Join C.A.S.F.
Passing through Prince George on Tuesday evening's train en route to Edmonton to the 111th Field Battery were four members of the Second
will be charged.
FORMER M.P. DIES
Dr. Alfred Thompson died in Vancouver on Saturday. A former Yukon-M.P. and leading B.C. Conservatlve^/he was interested in mining as ing a leadng member of profession.
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the right/of the province of British' Searchlight Battery and four members Columbia to fix prices of gasoline and of the 102nd Battalion who have volun-other commodities through its Coal:teered {or tne C.AJ3.F.
The party was in charge of Bombardier A. D. Vance and included Lance-
Logger Presumed Drowned In Fraser
Sergeant J. Hooker, in che -ge of Fort j George division of the provincial police, j has ordered a search of Fraser JRiver The British budget Drought down in
and Petroleum Act. The court assessed the costs of the action against the oil companies disputing the province's jtombardieT A. F. Garnet of Victoria,
ri�'llt't . � , . J Gunners George Cowell and Hank A.
In commenting on tihe judgment Bester of Wel]s> Gunner w H Nesbitt
Premier T. D. Pattulo states that now Qf Smithers Gunners j. P. Lenchanand the government has the right to fix Tattersal of Prince Rupert, and
prices it ^consider the effect of the j Gunner w R T^tineT^ ^ince George. war on the oil station before ordering Tnlfi is ^ secQnd draf fc of volunteers
to the CA.SJF. to go forward from Prince Rupert.
a reduction of three cents a gallon on the price of gas throughout B.C.
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BRITISH BUDGET
banks and sandbars between/Prince j the House of Commons on Tuesday calls
George and Dome Creek in-^an effort to clearup the mystery^of the disappearance of Peter Larlun.
Larkin, a 23-year-old logger, was last seen at about l2flO= p.m. on March 26 when he called at Gleason's store at Dome Creek. He was supposed to be going to^Hudima's logging camp about t\%o miles down tlhe Fraser River (from Dome Creek where he had previously worked. It is thought he may have started for the camp on the ice and have fallen through and been drowned.
for an expenditure of �2,600,000,000. Of this �1,400,000,000 is to be raised by borrrowing. New levies include purchase tax to retailers; increased taxes on beer, whiskeys, tobacco, matches. Telephone and posbal rates are doubled in some instances. Income tax remains at 37 M; per cent, but Income surtax exemptions are lowered. Rationing of the public's purchases will be attempted with the idea of giving tinem more money with which too subscribe for the government loans.
LOCAL MORON SHOULD JOIN GERMAN ARMY
G-erman atrocity stories from Poland are evidently setting a bad example in Prince George. A dog poisoner is operating and two valuable dogs have been done away with and a third only saved from death by the timely treatment of I. D. Chappell, veterinary surgeon. But even more dastardly than setting out poison promiscuously is the report that some moron Is chopping cats' tails off. Constable "Chuck" Thomas has been called In by residents to shoot three sudh mutilated animals.