W E A T H C * Mostly sunny with a few cloudy periods Tuesday. Not quite so warm. Low tonight and high tomorrow, 50 and 80. 7 CENTS BY CARRIER SSe PER WEEK OUT JGHT ber Stands jcted Too \c district's barley crop has been almost 2ii off as a complete loss. does not come within seven days the ige crop will be lost as well. y spring and early summer burned the turist, Art uit only 20 �ley crop, on ated, follow-hout appreci-tle that has ess � it is .' at a height Normally the i'rly July, at cot or more. ils, near the shape. These [�action of the er. I IT / grasses and ndstill. Soak-in inch in 24 to save the ,ver last week ting the low e seed stems. growth in the ssfed vere arrested es of stealing rked -15 miles eorge on the lied to appear oday. vehicle was leading to a noticed them and reported 'rlnce George. event of rain in the near future. Food for dairy cattle will prob-ibly have to be bought, Donald reports. Beef cattle are in a better position as' they feed In uncultivated rangeland. CHANCE OF SURVIVAL Given early rain, oats have a chance of survival. The crop will probably be used for hay. Present situation follows 07 consecutive days without appreciable rain. Only .25 inches of rain fell during May as against a normal ireclpitatlon of 1.48 inches. The month was also the second hot-est on record. Closest approach to an equally dry May was in 1918 when precipitation was .HH inches. Moat recent dry May was in 105G when precipitation was only .lil) inches. Only appreciable rain in June was a shower last week, when .2(1 inches of rain fell. The dry weather combined with abnormally hot conditions � the second highest on record, has also been destructive .of a other crop in the dis Omber. Tlu; worst hit area here has been in the vicinity of Vander-hoof, the department of agriculture' reports! There is nothing I he farmers can do in the situation except hope � or pray � that it will soon rain. i�___ ] IE FOREST in si.uht, lire relentlessly. lit new fires the number acres, head Maurice that the sit- approaching . year within that year 300 n the district, tar this year. CTED with an ai'-Lors are out es are und( i hem appears result of a it seven miles te Blackwater � Vanderhoof � bottles was � of the fire, rm nister � Former nister Robert ; sentenced to ;onment here lowing convic-iry counts, �harged with jrsements on wion cheques "Henry Dew" Jew" for the inister of St. n-Presbyterian George until jn a series of and forgery o. .erm will run l other sent-jerving at the . He was tried before Judge s in the district continue to have broken out since yest-burning up to 36, over an which was reported by a passing motorist. Huge pall of smoke over the town last night, was the result of the blaze at Tatluk Lake, where 110 men aided by eight tractors are fighting for control. The 8,000 acre fire at McLeod Lake broke guard yesterday at the North east corner. Forestry officials expect the fire to be quelled Loday. A fire in the Lower Post, region, now estimated to cover cSO.000 acres has cut communications and highway travel near the li.( '.-Yukon 'border. Flames roaring on a six mile front threatens to bear down on a lodge, Mile 596. The fire "blew its top" Saturday night, halting traffic on the northern higway and burning five miles of telephone communications. Northwest Telephone Company officials reported from Watson Lake, 15 miles west of Lower Post, that a number of trappers' and prospectors' cabins along the Hyland River, which runs along the Yukon into B.C., were destroyed. ig Bingo Winner Mrs. Evelyn Young, 1248 Seventh Ave., won a new 1!�58 model car at the Coliseum Bingo Saturday nlgbt. �An estimated 3600 persons; the largest crowd eyer to use the Coliseum, attended the program which was sponsored by the, Prince Gcovge Joint Service Club Council. Mrs. Young was among IJ0 winners who shared prizes totalling $5000. Club council spokesman said an estimated 2000 perbons had tt> be turned away when dooi'b closed, at 8 n.m . MISSING RECORDAK .11