THE PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN Thursday,, December a5 PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN A weekly newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of the City of Prince Geortre and Northern British Columbia. Published Every Thursday By CENTRAL INTERIOR PRINTING CO., LTD. R. A. Renwick, Editor. Subscription Rates yearly, by mail In Canada ........________$2.00 For deliveries to points outside the Dominion of Canada $3.00 per year. Advertising Rates Transient Advertising. Pe.r inch_______50c Land Purchase Applications___________S1O.00 Mineral Act Applications____________$10.00 Classified Advertising, per line___________12c Readlnc Notices, per line________________12c Special Rate for 100 Inches. Legal advertising at B. C. rate, 16c and 12c per line. STILL MARKING TIME ON THE P. G. E. ISSUE. J^ROM the statement given out of the proceedings at the' recent Conservative convention in Kamloops it is evident the government is still marking time on this matter of very great importance to a large section of the province. There may be good reasons for this attitude, but it must be disappointing to the people of the central interior which is to be served by the railway when it has been completed to Prince George, and it will be nccessai-y to wait until the legislature meeis to find cut how good the reason is for doing nothing until the outcome | rage is known of the negotiations for the sae of the railway. Just, what the negotiations are for the disposal of the P.G.E. no one but Premier Tolmie. and those in his confidence know. They may be so promising that a decision will be reached within a few months, or they may be so protracted as to drag their tiresome entertain for the sale of the P.G.E. will provide for the railway being brought into Prince George in accordance with the original plan. If this s so the completion of the railway to his point need not disturb any sale negotiations, as the cost of this construction could easily be added to the :;ale price. Everyone will admit that, with the P. G. E. built, into Prince George, the entrance route into the :~oace River is more or less fixed, and he heavy investment in the P.G.E. becomes in a measure safeguarded. There was the hope that at the approaching session of the legislature the decision would be reached to complete he P. G. E. into Prince George. This s fainter now than before the Con-sarvative convention took the action it :iid last week. Had ihe government contemplated action at the approaching �efsion of the legislature it doubtless '.vould have sought cpproval for the name in the Kamloops meeting. As �natters stand it is still a case of wait and see if the purchase offers the >resent government has are any better nan those with which the preceding government attempted to fool the people of the central interior with. -------------o------------- J JENTICTON had a touch of the Klu Klux Klan methods on Wednesday last when Dr. V. E. Latimer, an aged ohvsiciari practicing in that city, was taken for a ride by three men to an isolated spot about three miles from way over two or three years. All the world knows the views of President Beatty. of the C. P. R. and of President Thornton, of the C. N.R.. on the construction of a Pacific coast outlet for the Peace River district. It has been hinted that in the end the P.G.E. will fall to either of these companies, or to them jointly. In this event work on the construction of the Peace River outlet cannot be expected to commence Within the next five years. It is true report has it the government is negotiating with at least two other interests, said to be independent of both the transcontinental railway companies but absolutely nothing is known with respect to them. Something big in the way of a colonization movement may come out of them, or again they may vanish into thin air. and Premier Tolmie may be forced to make the best terms he can with the managements of the C.P.R. and C.N.R. What was hoped for from the Kamloops convention was that its members might be inclined to set some time limit within which the government would take action to protect its investment in the P.G.E. by finishing the line into Prince George. It may be assumed any offer the government may I the town and given a coat of tar and 'cithers. Having completed the out-to their satisfaction the three men left their victim to make the walk back to Penticton with his over-coa; a? his only covering. Dr. Latimer later informed the police that he had identified one of his assailants as Charles E. Oliver, a son of the former premier of British Columbia. He said j he identified Oliver by his voice. The ?.rrest of Oliver followed immediately. There is said to have been bad feeling AUTOMOBILE vs. FARM ROADS Editor Citizen:� *� It was with some regret' I learned from the last issue of'The Citizen that .n attempting to promote highway development in thus section of the province I have raised the ire of our friend Mr. Deykin. who has ever evinced a keen interest in the development of Princt> George and vicinity. It is to be regretted Mr. Deykin senses an antagonism to the farmer in the development of main highways through the district, but in this he stands very much alone. Much of the support being given to the extension of the Cariboo highway from Longworth to the Alberta boundary is coming from men keenly interested in the settlement of the vacant lands all along the C.N.R. from Tete Juane Cache to the Bulkley Valley, in that once it becomes possible for intending settlers from the prairies'to come into the province in their own cars, a great stimulus to settlement is anticipated. Mr. Deykin may not be aware of it but it is the districts open to entry by automobile which now receive � first attention from intending settlers from the prairie provinces, and from the United States. Automobile travel is not only cheaper, but more elastic than railway transportation, and there is wan-ant for the belief, that the opening of the Cariboo highway to the Alberta boun-cary will bring in the greatest stream zi intending- settlers this section of thp province has yet enjoyed. Mr. Deykin's mental attitude to the. tourist is not complimentary to himself, and appears to have been formed through his contact with the tour-in? hoboes who camped in the vicinity of his dairy, and departed between suns with some of the gasoline from his milk-delivery truck. Mr. Deykin condemns expenditure" upon automo bile highways for the reason this dis- For All Your BAKING m ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH W. A. SALE SATURDAY, Dec7 From 3 to 6 RITTS-KIFER HALL belween Dr7 Latimer "and "oiiver""for!lrlct has as y�l received no benefit ! ir " d th P ^ td come time. Dr. Latimer's statement was that he received a telephone call to meet a man at his office at 7:15 o'clock in the evening. When he attended at his office he was struck irom "�� and thal operated as a drain from the district rather than a source of revenue. This is hardly true, but even the suggestion of truth will disappear when the northern end place where the offence was committed. The accused was admitted to! bail and other arrests are expected to follow. down bv a man he" did "not know."was" i of �}? Cariboo highway Is made more bundled" into an auto and taken to the siting for tourist travel from the couth, and possible for travel originating on the prairies, as it will be with the furnishing of the connection by way of Edmonton. . Experience has shown investments The water shortage which has put I m automobile highways to have been the electric services of Tacoma out of commission, and has seriously curtailed the services in Seattle, is now most profitable for the provinces which have made them, and with the Caroline tax paid by the tourists, who seriously threatening the services in : make use of tne highways, they have Vancouver. Having done all they could i Decorac self-supporting. There is no to avert possible danger the Vancouver . rcasor* t0 bclieve tne experiences of captains of industry had recourse to j the othcr provinces will not be repeat- In most of the Vancouver j Pd in British Columbia. As to the churches on Sunday special prayers' financial benefit, of tourist travel prayer. were offered for rain. �o there can be no question. but our The annual meeting of St. Michael's; P�s^lo_n. tp, enjoy it. and will nnt"^ roV hBS bepn we Novelties � Fancy Work � Aprons � Candy Fish Pond � Woollies Afternoon Tea 25 cents DANCE 9 to 12 midnight�50c fi fa k i HARRY BRONFMAN GIVEN REMAND ON CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED BRIBERY Regina, Dec. 2.�Harry Bronfman, wealthy liquor dealer of Montreal, was today remanded for eight days upon a charge of attempted bribery in a thence 20 chains West; thence 40 chains South; thence 20 chains East; thence 40 chains North, and containing eighty acres, more or less. HENRY BROADBENT STOTT Dated November 7th, 1929. N28-9p liquor prosecution case in the sum of $50,000. Bail was fixed LAND ACT Notice of Intention To Apply To Lease Land In Pouce Coupe Land Recording District of British Columbia, and situate one and one half milee west of the will be held on Thursday, December U*}M Prince George secures connection has* been Issued "that .t'he7ines7mpqsed !2th in the Parish room at 3 p.m. Rev. T. dePencier will conduct di- with the Alberta highways. In Vancouver the business not only support the policy of highway p gy vine service in Woodpecker on Sunday | construction, but supplement it with next at 3 p.m. Christmas has always been a musical festival The air will be filled with lovely music this Christmas. The Victor will bring it in with wonderful fidelity and richness. We can take your old Radio or Phonograph as part payment and arrange suitable terms for the balance. expenditures of private money to induce travel. Last year the foreign � curists entering Canada were credited with an expenditure of $300,000,000. nnd for the current year it is estimated their expenditures will aggregate $400.-^1 ^00.000. In addiion to this there is �he expenditures of Canadian tourists tn be taken into account. This FEDERAL COURT PROHIBITION FINES FOR FISCAL YEAR REACHED TOTAL OF $7,47G,300; B. C.-Alberta boundary, and two miles _____ � j north of the Red Willow River. Washington. Dec. 2.�The statementj Take notice that Barclay M. White, of Goodfare, Alta., occupation ranchpr. intends to apply for a lease of the following described lands: V Commencing at a post planted at Southeast corner, thence 40 chains West; thence 40 chains North;; thence 40 chains East; thence 40 chains South and containing 160 acres, more or lew>. BARCLAY M. WHYTE. Dated Aug. 15, 1929. OctlO-9tp under the prohibition law for-fche fis-JuiW-30th totalled total $4,200,852 was paid. HAMILTON TIGERS DEFEAT REGINA ROUGH RIDERS FOR DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP Hamilton. Dec. 1.�The Hamilton! Tigers on Saturday defeated the Re- I gina Rough Riders for the Dominion | " ...... of; GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ACT '" i rugby championship with a score tinn of British Columbia has not shar- | 14.33. pd in the tourist business because it |-------------o has nothin" bvt a stretch of one-way road for 300 miles. - Pitman's MtXBXt Store Mr. Deykin's conception of th� automobile highway is that of a pernicious undertaking which should be checked I ^ven should this require me to be sen-tened to spend five years on a pre-omotion in a roadless district, to lose what he terms my motor bug. nnd ac-milre a correct sense of proportion. Personally I would prefer to retain � rav motor bug if it restrains me from '� Harming the timber industry of the district, and all of $