iyOTQRiA. B-C og. PRINCE GEORGE CITLiEN A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central British Columbia Z Vol. 23,.No. 37 Prince George, B.C., Thursday, September 12, 1940 #2.00 a Year READ the Lively "COMMON ROUND" -by-James Butterfield j^ Robbing Id From Sluice Box Mners From Manson Area Allegedly'Worked S Co. Slate Creek Placer Pit During Nights to ^i 'd Secure Company Gold From Sluice Boxes. ifflCS a m �----------�----------------------------------------- Iplacer M. Start Highway to Alaska? The joint commission of United States and Canadian military experts is now in session at Washington, D.C., and rumor has it that a decision may be arrived at in regard to construction of the Alaska highway through northern B.C. Organized labor both in British Columbia and the United States is endorsing resolutions urging' their respective governments to launch an immediate construction programme on the road. Prominent in these requests are the Teamsters' unions of Vancouver, B.C., and Denver, Colorada. from the Manson JKe George by Cookc of the ff L Mining & Smelting Slate Creek, a tributary �Hanson River. I, Magistrate Geo. Milburn ursday afternoon five wit-Jav evidence against the ' and the magistrate re-them to a higher court. j w Hooker prosecuted [crown, and A. McB. Young for the accus2d. reserving incf for the higher court. Lay. Scarf f and Cooper ap-Ibefore His Honor Judge H. tbertson and eletced for trial and will appear before the (ourt which opens October 2. U preliminary hearing the fitness called was Gordon M.E.. the caretaker of a Iroperty on Slate Creek leas-Oonsolidated Mining & fc Co. He stated Scarff had Km on June 9 if it was per-work on a portion of fcpany's lease. Witness told Tgo ahead, but did not give' hnlsskm to work in the p! [the company was carrying tests on gravel. On he discovered that some-\ taken up some riffles in the in the pit. Spoken to , Scarff admitted he had : in the pit from 1 ajn. and had recovered four M. tsaid he had seen Scarff :tear the pit between ludia.m. and thought it I Hut they should be work-U Aslin said he had bought find a half ounces of gold rff and cooper, paying 65. : Dilliland stated Scarff had he had panned the gold ; Slate Creek pit. >le Prank Cooke told of the t of Mr. Ogilvle that some-1 robbing gold from the oom-boxes, and he had ac-[Scarff and Cooper. They ad-to him they had worked in He had arrested them and them to Prince George jail. of a sluice box, a wa^h-wt and other mining para-was produced in court, [Wh a map of the property V detailing the points where oners were told they could & the point where they are nave stolen tlhe gold from sluice boxes. MAJOR-GENERAL PEARKES INSPECTS HIS FIGHTING MEN Dominion Registration Lists 21,667 in District Complete Returns Just Completed of National Registration Shows 3877 Single Men and Widowers Without Children in Lower Age Brackets in Vast Cariboo Riding. Fred W. Bunton, registrar for Cariboo federal riding under the National Registration Regulations for 1940, has received complete returns from all registration center s in the area for which he is responsible and computed the grand total at 21,667. In these figures, and between the ages of 19 and 45 years, are included 3877 single men and widowers without chlidren. Major-General G. R. Pearkes, V.C. commander of the First Division of CanadWs fighting men in Britain, is seen inspecting a sand - bagged gun post in one of the areas which the Canucks are patrolling. Veteran of the last war, Major - General Pearkes succeeded to command of the First Division when Major-Gen.. McNaughton was placed, in charge of an army corps made up to a large extent of crack British troops. In Prince George polling divi- ( sion the total registration was 1809, including 165 single men and widowers without children, between the ages of 19 and 45. In the five provincial ridings included in the Cariboo federal riding the totals were as follows, the first column showing total registrations, and column 2 single men and widowers without children between the ages of 19 and 45. Peace River ............ 5462 913 Fort George ............ 5036 791 Omineca .................. 1623 327 Lillooct .................... 3142 553 Cariboo .................... 6404 1293 2L667 3877 As those first to be called for training are the 21-year class it would appear, when it is considered that all men employed in trapping, agricultural, fishing, lumbering or otiier seasonal occupations are exempted from this first call, Chat there will not be much chance of the Minister of Defence having to To Regulate Parking on Main Business Streets City Fathers Register Objection to Car and Truck Owners Using Third Avenue and George Street as All-Week Parking Stands�Propose Limit Time to Mere 24 Huors. Truly the life of a motorist is becoming infinitely more troublesome daily�and, possibly, nightly too. Generally any trouble for the motor car owner concerns excessive speed, but while Vancouver is worrying over the installation of its first 1000 parking meters on its main business streets, Prince George is also experiencing growing (or maybe its rolling) pains in regard to motor cars on ik _m^oughraires of the city for a garage. ti f business streets. Anyway, the city fathers are greatly perturbed over the long hours that some cars are allowed to remain standing on Third avenue and on George street. So to limit this practice to a mere 24 hours the city solicitor was instructed at the council meeting on Monday evening to "needle" the city bylaw having to do with autos and trucks so that owners will of necessity have to move their motor vehicles once in 24 hours or pay a fine, which seems fair enough if they Present at Che regular meeting of >the city council Monday evening were Mayor A. M. Patterson, Aldermen J. N. Keller. J. W. Munro, C. C. Beid and W. J. Pitman. Aldermen A. B. Moffat and H. J. Hocking were out of the city. Recommendations from finance committee called for payment of accounts amounting to $8,210.78, the major items of $1,846.66 regular for August; $1,179.58 for fuel for the power plant; $674 for retaining wall - which included monthly payroll Dersist in using the business thor-' in connection with the Third avenue ^ cement sidewalk between Quebec and Brunswick streets; and items of $980 and $449.44 on power plant construction. The accounts were ordered paid. Total relief payments for August were computed at $805.40, a decrease of $307.55 from the July figures. Several applications for deals on (continued on page five) o Carloads of Stock Experimental Farm While development of the Dominion government's new "mental farm at Pineview across the Fraser River from % George has been necessarily slowed up somewhat owing * war. considerable progress is being made. Buildings are 1 construction and over two carloads of livestock have r�i. A quantity of farm implements and other materials Sn Z� Si "255? �* *~ tubeSS.rT^Iince M preparation coming, i;* **'membersof the staff have ti �^\ their families from and plans are being f� Crops- an<* yuper Newton and his St�ck res by the Sres-**** by the Ottawa Supreme 46th" AA �"104582-d. "Noble Betsy the 46th" success at northern station in with hav- each year for abortion since 1927 and is abortion free at the present time. All cows are placed under Record of Performance and as far as possible they are bred to freshen in the year and milk for ten months. The herd was thoroughly culled before leaving Wlndermere and only young sires will be available for distribution for some time. ; Sixty Hampshire Down sheep comprising the pick of the Winder-mere station flock were brought to ! Prince George station. The Hamp-shire is a strong and rugged breed, possessing good mutton and fleece and is admirably suited for crossing range ewes and grade flocks. The ewes are particularly good mothers as average increase per ewe over a ten-(year period at Win-dermere shows 156 per cent per year. The flock has been carefully (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) The executive of the Prince George branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society is completing arrangements for a membership drive to coincide with a Dominion-wide campaign to raise �5.000,000. His Worship Mayor A. M. Patter-on has been appointed to act as chairman of the campaign commit- t PC Canvassing will begin on September 26 and will continue for several days Membership cards will provide for a paid-up 'fm^jP ln the -society to December 31, 1941 The city proper is to be divided d asers will into districts, p and canvassers will into distric, be assigned to call at all homes in Central Port George Continued on page pour) Mrs. A. make good on hitf promise to establish a training camp in this city, which was to be implemented if the registrations were of sufficent volume in tihe age classes to be called first made it seem worth while. -------------o------------- Penny Sawmill Wiped Outby Fire The sawmill of the Red Mountain Lumber Co., Ltd. at Penny was destroyed by fire during the early hours of Friday morning last. The mill located on th,j banks of the Fraser River had a capacity of 50.000 board feet per shift and had been working steadily on orders for the timber controller of Canada. Fortunately the planing mill and piles of (manufactured lumber are located some hundreds of feet from the sawmill site and escaped the conflagration. The mill was valued at $20,000 and it is understood to have been, fully insured. Open Season For Grouse, Geese and Deer on Sept. 15 Game Reported Plentiful in Vicinity of Prince George� Is Your Gun Registered ? While the hunting season for bear, cariboo and moose opened September 1, and for mountain sheep and goats on August 15, the season for deer does not begin until next Sunday, September 15. Only bucks may be shot. The season for all grouse, geese, ducks, snipe and coots also opens in this district on September 15. The regulations this year are somewhat more stringent. First, your gun or guns must be registered with the police; second, you must procure from a game warden or the police a firearms' license before you can hunt, and to get that license you must produce your national registration certificate. The season bag for deer is two bucks, and if you intend to go after deer you must first procure from the game warden's office a deer tag (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Today's News --------------- BY BRITISH UNITED PRESS WIRE ---------------- The news items under this head are received by special wire to the Citizen from the British United Press and will appear each week. These bulletins arrived just before this page went to press this morning and provide our readers with authentic up-to-the-minute news from all over the world by this world-wide organization. Inspection Trip By Chief Forester C. D. Orchard, assistant chief forester for British Columbia, returned to Prince George on Tuesday after having completed a trip as far west as Burns Lake and north to Ger-imansen Landing on departmental business. He was accompanied by R. D. Greggor, district forestry for Fort George forestry division. With the forest fire risk nearing its close, British Columbia has come through the season with a fairly small loss from forestf fires, according to Mr. Orchard. In the Fort George district 73 outbreaks were reported up to August 31. None of them was serious. Many small fires occurred in the province this season, the comparative figures from last year showing an increase of 545. Most of this increase occurred in the Kootenay and Kamloops districts. Figures issued by the provincial forestry service at Victoria report a total of 2039 fires for the four months ended August 31. wU3i practically all extinguished ox under control at that date. Many of the fires throughout the province this season have been traceable to light- LONDON EMPLOYS NEW TYPE AIR RAID DEFENCE LONDON, SEPT. 12 (BUP>�Military experts revealed a new type of anti-aircraft defence used in London last nigh, which displayed notable success in protecting: the metropolis against bombers. With further practice and improvements experts said the system should prove even more effective in breaking- up mass German raids. British anti-aircraft fire exploded last night with a roar such as never heard before, and continued hour after hour with obvious effectiveness. Experts said the system is based on a new "predictor" system consisting of a new device for determining more accurately and exactly the location and altitude of raiding planes. It was noted for the first time that searchlights were not used, leading to the possibility that ani-aircraft fire taught be directed by sound amplifiers. The barrage was continuous and not aimed at individual airplanes but formed a curtain fire which canopied the Empire's capital. Shell fragments rained down like hail. R.A.F. DAMAGES TEMPLEHOF 'DROME NEAR BERLIN LONDON, SEPT 12 (BUP)�British bombers dumped heavy loads of high explosives on military objectives in the heart of Berlin again today, the Air Ministry reported, damaging the great Templehof airdrome, An-halter station and gun positions in the Tiergarten. The raid started at midnight, driving millions of Berliners to shelter, and coincided with widespread and damaging British bombing attacks on targets throughout north-western Germany, the Low countries, and along the French coast where Churchill has stated Hitler is massing men and ships for a possible attempt to invade Britain next week. Attacks on Bremen, Hamburg, Calais and other bases are regarded as most damaging to Nazi war machine, but the bombardment of Berlin � was the most spectacular and was designed to keep up the morale of Londoners. ITALIAN ATTACK ON EGYPT IMMINENT LONDON, SEPT. 12 (BUP)�Intensified preparations for an Italian offensive against Egypt are reported in official quarters. Large Italian forces have renewed a movement toward the Libyan-Egyptian frontier in the vicinity of Capuzzo, although no Italians have crossed the border. GERMANS ANGERED AT FIERCE R.A.F. BOMBING RAIDS BERLIN, SEPT. 12(BUP)�At least 40 persons were killed following British air raids last night on Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen which resulted in numerous fires and damages to workers' homes, the High Command said. Anger mounted because of continued British attacks which afternoon papers said demand reprisals. Der Angriff described the raids on Hamburg and Bremen as "most brutal," and claimed 80 British planes were destroyed yesterday with only 20 Germans missing. The British Air Ministry said 89 German planes were brought down yesterday. ning. Mr. Orchard left today for the coast by Y.S.A.T. plane. TIME BOMBS DAMAGE LONDON LANDMARKS LONDON, SEPT 12 (BUP)�-A time bomb which fell recently in Picadilly exploded last night and shattered plate glass windows of fashionable stores in the neighborhood. St. Paul's Cathedral, burial place ol British heroes, is in imminent danger today from an unexploded "-German bomb, believed of delayed-action type, which struck in the street close ta the narrow churchyard. Authorities disclosed also that in recent raids bombs were dropped on the famous Mme. Tussaud's waxworks and on the Daily Herald and Evening Standard'buildings in Fleet Street. In addition to the unexploded time bomb, St. Paul's had been in danger from fires started in the vicinity by incendiaity bombs. GERMAN WAR BIRDS OVER SOUTH-EAST COAST TODAY LONDON, SEPT. 12 (BUP)�German planes were reported in the vicinity of south-east coast towns this afternoon. It was the first report of daylight raiders over Britain today. GERMAN AND BRITISH BOMBERS SCORE HITS Reliable information from Berlin today states that Potsdam railway station and the Reichstag were damaged by British bombers during an air raid yesterday. A German time bomb exploded near the north, wing of Buckingham Palace while their Majesties were visiting a working class district. Damage was mostly confined to shattered window glass.