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PRINCE   GEORGE   CITIZEN.    THURSDAY.  AUGUST 3,   1933
Five Cent*
Van Dyk Returns From Long Trip To Fort Nelson District
Outward  Journey  Over  Waterways to Northern Post Required Five Weeks LAND OF HIGH FREIGHTS j
Rcckoned from End of Steel  a: j Fort McMurray there is Charge oHO^c per lb.
� Tn.nector Van Dyk returned to j 11 neorge last week from a trip j P:m:\J^ion which took him as iar | c: I!? Nelson, in the northern por- . � I �'r /he province. Fort Nelson is ; U0" -JStelV 320 miles north cf Port � f T4 on the Peace River over the St" -rail but when one is forced ! llA �    ____   ,.^,,t-o   riin-iiic   the:
Steel Industry of United States to Recognize Union
Heads of Great Industry Decide
to Line up in Support of
Business Recovery
which kicked up all the loose ice in   Their Co-Operation Regarded as the lake and the motor boat was, fore- I                                .   .             � >    i
attempt to cross the lake was made on June 25th.  but  a storm came  up
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the lake and the motor boat was forced to run for shelter and lie up for twenty-four   hours,  ice-bound   in   the
latter part of June.   Stops were made_____
in turn at Hay River. Fort Providence j\Washmfft^  Juiy 31^-There is much j and Fort Simpson.    Two    days    were   el^0J1 here over  the decision of the1 spent at Fort Simpson due partly  to   steej   |rust   to   remOve   the   condition bad weather and the overhaul of the ; frnm   th(iir  draft    or   the   -steel   code
to    sliipwreck the
the Greatest Advance Made Under New Policy
Legislature Has Been Dissolved with Elections Following
i from their  draft 1 which  threatened
I administrative program for control of ! the industry.    The  represehtatives-of ! the steel   industry   agreed  to  an   in-! crease  of   15   per   cent   in   the  wages  of skilled workers and to the adoption of  a  40-hour  week,  but   the  sticking
the Laird river whs begun.    There is
plenty of water in the Laird, but the
current'is  last and  a   fairly powerful
boat,   is   needed     to   make     headway
against it.    The eng:ne being taken in
by Inspector Van Dyk stood up to its
work   well,     ami     Fort   Nelson     was l.j^ .'am'r'on the recognition cf the
reached  on July  7th..five weeks and.   international trade unions.    For years
a "day from the start at Summit Lake.
A stop of five days was made at Fort
B.C. LEGISLATURE DISSOLVED BUT NO DATE FOR  ELECTIONS
Victoria, Aug. 2�Premier Tol-mie lias dissolved the provincial legislature but as yet pd date has been set for the holding of the general elections.
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Official Report on Examinations
Registrars  of  Voters  are  Given
Instructions to Function
Under .Redistribution Act
BALLOTING~IN  OCTOBER
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water   route   during
the distance becomes j
mon
;twenty days-
Hhe northern    nau while
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Nelson   inspecting  the   office,   and   in making Game Warden Clark famil'ar with   the   motor    which     had     been \ brought   in   for  his  use!    Fort'Nelson! i    a   long  way  back   from  the nearest ; machine shop, and the man who relies \ upon a "kicker" mr     be prepared to i make his own repair   or pui   n a long ! wait.
[nspeotor Van Dyk says there is , considerable prospecting being don? in \ ihe territory tributary to Fort Nelson, j
 arc knOwn ^ com.
Jnusual-
ly X)if ficult foj>Pupils in J.un-latriculation
j with through what arc Known hq cum- i
I pany unions, and the trust desired to ; Three Subjects Provej
; continue"'this arrangement  and with- j                                 - -"""-
hold 'recognition   from   any   labor  or-' i ganization   not   intimately    associated
i with the steel idustry.    The secretary ,                           _____
| of labor, Miss Perkins, conducted the   T     -al� rapids forced a portage of �u,l!>''!. ' an.:  the  running  of  the  swJf    wj� with  the   lightened   boa!     Jhe -ne^. portage   came     at.    Fort     r   ''^""i whrrp some eighteen  in"'-'*   <>t   r-had to be negotiated."" Fort Smith Fort  Resolution  were reached -m   -  . , course    Everything in this portion oi i Alberta  carries  the H.B.C.   bra.nd.
An unusual experience was encountered in making the trip ovi-r <>' ��^ Slave lake from Fort Re^oluuoi^ u the H.B.C. post   at   Hay
BRITISH TENNIS TEAM WINS-DAVIS CUP FROM THE FRENCH HOLDERS
AuU'iiiV France, July 31-�Great Britain won the Davis Cup on Sunday. When Une play opened the British players wore leading the Frcncn defenders with two victories to one defeat, and to retain the trophy it be-r&me necetsary for them to take botn 'hp remaining single contests. In the day's play Cocheb was to play Bunny Austin in the opener and Merlin was to meet Fred Perry in the final game.
Bunny Austin, who had made a remarkable showing in  the  semi-finals with the United States players, proved , yneual to the strategy of Cochet, taking but two of the five sets, and  the ^ competition was evened up with  two j ev'ents for each team.    The score in �ihe   Cochet^Austin     match    was   5-7. 6"d-   4-6.   6-4;  6-4.
�-&! the final match Fred Perry the la"kine British player rounded out the victory for Great Britain by taking the scccnd. �hird and fourth sets in succession from Merlin. The score was 4"6.  8-6.   6-2.   7-5.
-*Jn rhe cpening  matches  on   Friday
M-ecl   p?rry    defeated     Henri   Cochet
T-'O- 6-4, 3-6. 6-1. and H. W.   Austin
c<^eat�i Andre Merl'n 6-3, 6-4. 6-0.
The doubles in t^e series wr-> play-
.? [n Saturday rnd gave Prance the i!rst via. Jpan Borclra and Jacques wuKipn defeating t'-i- British play-/, Gf-ap Patrick and H. G. N.'Lee fi-3. 8-6. 6-2.
s Perry was to have bcen ,>aireri with 'n  r^-   doubles  hut   th*  canr the   British  ter-m   decided   to M Lee :-o '�hat Pptt? --nild be
day" fcr the s*11?'6-'5 contest .-""en Sun-
Tf   there   conies
the   district   the   transportation   difficulties will  have to bo met.    A start was made some years ago to connect Fort  St.  John  with Fort Nelson  with a "sle'gh road.    Much b: the intervening   country   is   muskeg,   but   in   the winter   time   a   sleigh   road   would  be quite   practicable   and   ihe  great   distance to  be saved  makes the  project very attractive.    About  forty miles of road was built from the Fort St. John end to the Blueberry R'ver, when the j province ran into financial difficulties I and  the   project   was never proceeded ' with further     There nrc two ends of >-*n>l from which freight charges into, the  Fcri   Ne"scn  rii?'--'rt-  havs  to  b? computed     One  ^    Fort    McMurray, ' in  Alberta, and  the  other is  Dawson i Creek, in Brii sh Columbia.   The rate i from the former with i*"s grsat mil???* is   10' �   cents   per  pound,   whMe   bhat ! Daws n  Cresk :s 4 cents. If the] ever   develops   the   road   will j bo  completed   to  Fort   Nelson,  but   it j may be a long time in coming.
On   his   return   trip   Inspector' Van j Dyk   had   the 'good   fortune   to   meet I Don McMillan, the  air pilot  who  for- : meiiy operated hi this section of the j province,    McMillan  has been  taking a  number of  prospecting  p-i-Hies  into the headwaters ol the Laird  and. Inspector  yan  Dyk  arwnged  for  plane tv'nii iSnri   from  Fort
from tonnage
Roosevelt Gives His Approval to Building Policy
United  States Started  on Work
of  Building Twenty-One -
Naval Vessels
TO  SPEND  �238,000,000
Naval Authorities Estimate Fully of Appropriation Will
Secretary Patterson of the school board, has received the report of the department of education on the results :n the high school entrance, junior matriculation and normal en--trance examinations. In the high school entrance examinations ,fcen cf the pupils in Principal Carmichael's class wrote, but one of them Eleanor Isabel French had been' granted her standing on recommendation, but elected to try for- the lienteuant-gov-i ernor's medal, receiving 472 marks out | of a possible of 600. The three others who passed the examination were Ian Thomson Ogg, 391; Harold John Davis J 382: and Irene L. Jonas, 360. The six I unsuccessful candidates secured marks 'panging from 308 to 343. 1                       i           ticu
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menten �� �-.-   at   a  ? the party ^ would  have before  a   in secured.
� inspector Van Dyk sa> intcrjSj in-the northern Alberta is mining, and t.n< of tliis is centered "" I akn area. There able movement -1 ^'strict, and tl pany ha nnl'es
was  made  in   one f  twenty days  for nt'er' route as there wait   cf ton  days hr,\'e born
ihe   junior   matriculation   exam-
., ....... there wore but ten 'pupils writ-
:v-;   en   -even   ox   mere � subjects,   and Lwentj-pne   writing   on   two   or   more subj.ee -3.    Of  those   writing  on seven i oj  more subjects the successful candi- i dates were: Florence T. Peterseni 824; | J.   M.  Lambert.   8'>0:     Freda     Geiger, | 720:  Edna May Styles 720: and Frances M/Sauhders 555.    While Florence T. Peterson got the highest marks, securing' 24  more than  J.  M.  Lambert. I she had, the advantage of writing on one more subject.
Soc:.al studie.; (history), English] grammar and English composition appear to have been the more difficult subjects^ in . the examinations. In the former seven out cf twenty-one pupils writing fa'led: in..grammar six out oi sixteen pupils failed; and in English composition five cut of twenty-two pupils  failed.
the
 chef on   of
m the Great B?_ar is ;i very consider-if   miners   Into   that i   u .c lludc.i's Bay  Com-
,00 .ton?     "    -----:"''   '-ilf'
move  in
 Rummer.
AFGHANS DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO MESSAGES ' DROPPED FROM PLANES
London. .July 31�A dispatch from New Delhi states that the threatening Afghans on the Indian border have net taken kindly to the messages which have been dropped tn them from   British   planes   cautionin
Washington, Aug. 2�With the approval given tonight'by President' Roosevelt to the awards of the naval department the government of the Un'ted States was 'Started upon its gioat naval, building program under which $238,000,000 will be expended in ;he construction of thirty-two vessels.
The ship-building  policy was  decided (________ �
upon  for  two  reasons,  first   to bring j.f-|Qf\]   T   \yy   lON^S
the   United   States   navy   up   to   date, !      v'      ' J'   '   ' �' "" '   ~~"~
and secondly to stimulate the business   SAYS BALANCE STRUCK
recovery which is now under way  Th-- | QN  pRQVINCI:  BUDGET
bu-lding   policy     is     supported   by   a �
larsr1   element    in   the   country   which
is  opposed   to   major   naval   expenditures, but  who ?cr in the employment
to bo given the de'rjre'd fillip- for th;.1
Rocssvelt     recovery'   program.    1!   ic
none  the  less    sign ficant    that    two
world  nations,  who e  interests in  the
Pacific  have    been    en  the   verge  of
clashing,   pit   now    engaged   in   what
cannot   fail  to Bo regarded  as a  rival
naval   building   policy,    Japan   having
matched   the  $2:w.(>oo.ooo  expenditure
of the United States with the largest budget   in  its history.  The  np-bv   the    piT'iidsnt   Its:
them
-li" cf 'he .......�       ^    . ,.
built'   the  other*  r~^to  follow.
The business interests^ of the^Un'ted States   are   supporting     the     build nu j program  on the assurance  which has
against  fomenting  trouble on the  Indian frontier.   Their response was the dir'cct'on of rifle fire upon the planes Three   additional   columns   cf   troops ryiygiam  v.lt  �..� nre   moving   info    the    trouble   zone. I,been  given that, out'of the  totnl Nljihatma  Gandhi with  several mem-                      " *""" ri'iri nnr* fniiir  �^
bers  of  his   family  have  been  placed under   arrest  again  charged  with   at-.�fj�c� tn  revive  his  civil disobedi-
under   arrest    g tempting to revive his ence campaign.
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CUMBERLAND EIRE LOSS PLACED AT #115,000
BY INSURANCE MEN
rancouver. July 31-R?Pregfn^es   *W   fm  offen the  fire insurance cofnpanies -have         ^.     ^^ aputed the loss in the: lire at Cum-, ,;^ thj '
 that out  o    t                     ,
rVnditure  of $238,000,000  fully  85   per i rent   or   S200 000.000  will  be   paid  out for labor,- Such an amount  distnbut- , prl over  a three-year period  would be i
�'ffci-nt     to    employ      56.000    men | throughout the  country, and  allowing each  wage-earner    three    dependents provision   is   thereby     made     for   the maintenance   of  224.000   persons  over the three-year period:   Afttie moment-it   is  ouitp aside
whether the  new
from    the quest'on
^1� Representatives I .wnetner  u.c  .....    -^hips will  ever be .....         -':,/t,k..� I used   for  offensive  or  defensive pur-
Vancouvei of
berland at $115,000. with -�imating S95.000.
E. J. DOWN WAS WINNER AT REGINA GRAIN SHOW WITH ALSIKE CLOVER
E. J. Down, of Woodpecker, received a telegram on Friday from Premier^ Tolmie congratulating him upon his** winn ns, of the 10th prize in the world grain exhibition with his entry of alsike clover seed, which the premier says places the Woodpecker district :n a very favorable light as a clover -seed producing area.
they are under con-nnicnoii u.- ndustrv of the nation will be speeded up. Around the sh^p-yards there will be woven a web of acnPvitv by the railways and trucks S well as vessels engaged in freight-ine back to the nrnes and forests, the melters and steel plants and sawmills so laree a prowam it is said is hardly a section of the United State- which WU not receive some bSefit- Ind contribute to the recovery of the national industries.
Victoria^     July    :l� ln   his   first qii;uli"ly  statement  for the  Fiscal y> ;>;�   Hon.   J.  \y,   .loncs  says  gov-( riifcnt   vevenilvs ' have   incrc'i eil bey end   Uie   fi?..uiTS     reached   iasl ypar  :uul  ;irf  well abeve  thr esti-.niple,   innU'nu   it   ijassible   Ccv   i!i-prrvincc' 1o   balan.ee Us budget  for ihe   fir t   quarter     uf   thr   currivnt yejr,  Um-   fir-t   linn*  this  lias boon ;MMTmnh-li! rt   ovrr  n   very   c:ni-!.l-erable     pcri-^d..   The     iiuii ��(�   tti rcv.enucs   uyt'i'1    tH-     cst;.; i;.t!>   for the   fi:�;l   quirter     'if   ih*    vcir   is Rtvcn :*.! SRfl.000 i n ;i ttit.il n v>miiiC ( f *.r>,S0().()0fr.    n v. r v is -i g.nn in motor  vchicli   licencci-   from  $22?.,-000 to $253,000    and    the gasoline tax is  hcltlini;  ui>   to  thp  estimatp and  may do even better.    Thr estimated  receipt's    were    S2.000,000, and- the returns fcr the first quarter  were     �500,000/   The    great?-;! increase   in   revenue     came   under the   head   of   income   taxation   the returns  for  the  three  months  r:s-ing  from  Sl.f�0(J,000    to    $2,150,000. but  under   this  head  refunds  approximating   $250,000    have     been made from  former payments.
GOVERNMENT FIXES REMUNERATION FOR MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
Official Announcement Expected to Appear in Today's Issue of B.C. Gazette
George Milburn, government agent, received ncrce Tuesday. night of his appciniment as registrar cf voters for the.JFcrt George riding, and instruc-nprfto carry out his duties under the �r^mendmrnt to the Constitution Act .ol 1932 wh'ch provided for the creation cf the Peace River constituency, ancl a reduction in the number of members in the'legislature from forty-' eight to forty-seven. It was provided in this amendment that the'same should come :n"o effect with 'the dis-scluiicn cf the legislature', and the instruction to Mr. Milburn of his p.p-pcintment as registrar of voters for the Port George riding can only mean the legislature has been dissolved. Notice to this effect will doubtless appear in Thursday's issue of the B. C. Gazette, the official organ of the government.
; With  the   legislature   dissolved    the next  step   will  be   the   fixing   of  the date   for   the  general  elections.    This may or  may  not appear in  the next issue  of  The  Gazette,   but  those   familiar   with     procedure     are   of   the opinion   the    elections     will   be   held about  the   m'ddle  of October.  'While the   bringing   in  of  the   redistriution measure  of  1932  will  add  greatly to the work, it was announced some time ago the provincial secretary's department   had   the   preliminaries   well   in hand.    The redistribution  act  merged the    constituencies    cf   Alberni     and Nanaimo.   Columbia   r approaching elect'on. Th � vention  will    be  addressed    ':v  ". Bowser.  K. C ,nnd Dougfild Don K.C.    An  announcement   �*   l;nc vention appear:  on pagi -.^ix.
SMITHERS GOLF TOURNAMENT OPENS ON AUGUST 20th
The: Sm'thers golf club will open its annual*jimPteur golf tournament for Nort-hrin British Columbia on Sunday. August-20th. The tournament is open to all amateurs :n the province residing between Prince George and Prince Rupert, and north of. the C.N.R. lin<\ Those wishing1-to enter are-requested to send their names in to H. G. Houghton, secretary, Smithers, on or before &ugust 14th. The chief trophy to be played for Is the Davidson cup. at present held by C. Reid, who will defend it. It �Oes without saying Smithers golfers are very proud of their course.
CHARLES F. URSCHEL GIVEN HIS LIBERTY  ON PAYMENT OF RANSOM
Washington, Aug. 1�Word was received here today that Charles F. Urschel. the Oklahoma City oil millionaire, who has b?en in the custody of abductors for n'ne days, ha-3 been given his liberty. It is reported a ransom of $100,000 was paid. With a view to making the abduction of persons less attractive it is said a recommendation will be made to the next congress to maks abduction a capital offence. The leg'slature of New York will be asked to make it an offence Tor any person to pay ransom money.