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PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,   1922
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Considering Needs of
the Northern Settlers
H G PERRY, MEMBER FOR FORT GEORGE, DISCUSSES-MATTER .V!1H PREMIER OLIVER�T WENTY MILES I|M B.C. WOULD COST $40,000 TO $45,000 PER MILE�SETTLERS ARE IN VERY BAD PLIGHT.
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.\ Victoria despatch says: The iHc'inieV recently turned his atten-spucial consideration of what Scribed to him as "deplor-uiitioiis" among the settlers 'euce Kiver block, 150 to 200 i-.'rih of. Prince George and ml Trunk Pacific lin'e. , samo time he made public - compiled by the- depart-railways on the- cost of lay-uFthe interprovincial b'oun-,. I'toin Spirit River, Alberta, � ,im v\u\ of steel on the Ed-lii'invegan and B.lC. . the steel on the 53 miles \]l,,.i La side and put in tele� ines and fences would cost ,00. Then there would 'be miles of line to,build in Brit-mliia at an estimated cost of to i'lS.OOQ a mile. M would be obliged if persons
'  wUliiig^to-act would communi-
"cnte with the editor.    It will be
"u >'. .end eavor   henceforth    to
�   make The Leader as much    or m�i'e a district paper than one ft
' Pulilifehed in the interests of the CI*-y- ami to do this will require ft l|�: hearty co-operation of our * readers,    especially    those    in ft lu'al  districts..     As"'soon    aa ft Possible a representative of this., .   '"'I'11" will make a visit to each ,   ^UeiiuJnt,  but this will   take .   tini1'-    Consequently, any. help'
�    We, may receive in the immedi- ,, !de future from    our    readers '  U'H he greatly appreciated.
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free legal advice for people unable to pay.
It was resolved that each Women's Institute member should do what she could to make Canada a white" man's country." It was suggested that each member write her M.P, urging him to work to stop Asiatic immigration.
CONDUCTOR WHITE
PASSES AWAY
The death occurred in Prince George on Thursday, the 12th inst,, of Thomas White, aged 4:i years, a C. N. railway conductor, well knowji imLhighly esteemed not only by his fellow workmen, but by all the citi-ena of the city with whom he, was tcquuinted.
The deceased, who was' born in Waterloo, Que., had been a resident of Prince George for two years, com. rig here froin.Edson. He joined the Masonic order in his native town when only 21 years of age; was a member of the Oddfellows and. Can-id ian Foresters in Edson, a charter neinber. of Prince George Rebelcah Lodge, and^also belonged to the Order of/Kailroad Conductors. He lad been ailing for over a year and lj)t the past seven months had been unabje to follow his vocation, but it �vas not until Saturday last that he was really confined to his bed; death jeing due to cancer of the blood.
Deceased leaves behind him to nourn his loss a wife, who has the sympathy of a large circle of friends.
The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church on. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Masonic order being in charge and the pall-jearers chosen from fellow conductors.        >�-'                            ��"�..,
Calls Stevens a Yellow Cur
Attorney-General Mamon So De-�cribei "Vancouver Federal Member at Liberal Meeting.
FRASER LAKE SAWMILL
DESTROYED  BY FIRE
The sawmill and part of the lum-jer stock at Fraser Lake, .BC, belonging to Webster & Black was destroy ed-by-fire at 7 o'clock on the evening of October 10th. The tire stalled in the boiler room after the men had quit work and had made itrbng headway before being discovered.. Every effort was made to save the property by.a bucket brigade, as the mill was located on the edge of ihti lake, and with the added assistance of a.work train arriving later in the evening with a tank of water, the fire was got under control about
Hospital Directors     ^~----
Start Drive to Help
Financial Situation
NOT A "SOMETHING FOR NOTHI NC" CAMPAIGN, BUT A SALE OF TICKETS ENTITLING HO LDER TO FREE TREATMENT ON PAYMENT OF $5 OR $10 FOR SIX OR TWELVE MONTHS, AND WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ME MBERSHIP.
The mill is a total loss, and about 100,000 feet of No. 1 clear Fir was destroyed, the loss^being about $20,-i)0() with practically no insurance to cover.
MONTREAL BOARD OF TRADE
IN NECHACO VALLEY
.Vanderhoof was honored by being the only place on the C. N. Railway Between the coast and -Jasper at which the party from the Montreal Board of Trade and British parlia-"ntentarians stopped. They were taken orNan auto trip through the district, enSei^ained at afternoon tea, and shown an^exhibit   of, N.echoco
Valley products^the latter got together by Albert Heynvann, to whom great credit was due. Th>party expressed themselves pleased wiUftjieir visit from an educative standpoint and surprised at the display : made, considering the fact that settlenient
van just commencing..
WILL VOTE ON WAGE CUT.
Montreal, Oct. 13;^-The question j{ accepting or rejecting wage cuts ..?y Canadian railwaya, affecting sli ruien, will be submitted to a -referendum.                   ��'� :il
�    Work on the Prince GjpgQj
nel .extension  of the Cariboo"road,
south,   of    the    Cottonwood    River,
vhich was under way for the    past
liroe months,, has now beciucomplet-
.(I.    The old P. G. E. grade  will   be
itilized from this    point   to    within
ibout eight miles of Quesnel, antpthe
jamp formerly located at Cottoiwood
s now working toward Quesnel on a
,ewstretcli of..r.oa9 sister.
' Victoria, Oct. 13.�In reply to ah accusation b'y Hon. IT. H. Stevens against Attorney-General Manson, the latter called the former "a yellow cur" in a speech made at the ^Liberal club rooms here on Wednesday, and challenged him to lay his books open for examination and offered to do the same himself.,
Mr. Manson said their had been treachery in his department. Papers had been removed and given to Mr. Bowser who placed them in the hands of Stevens. He did not, however, get the whole report, but used tli� part they had in an attempt to drag he whole thiiiR- through the mire.
Referring to the charge of Stevens that no prosecutions of liquor offenders in Prince Rupert had been made, Mr. Manson wanted to tell him that there was not the faintest ato'in of truh in the charges, and that Omin-eca was the first riding to be cleaned up. He has a list of men prosecuted n the riding.
In reference to Fred G. Dawson, charged by Stevens \vjth getting sixteen' barrels of beetyMr. Dawson was not -Manson's campaign manager at all, but head/Of the Dawsfon, wholesale house in Prince Rupert and president of/ttie Board of Trade. Mr Dnwson is agent for the Victoria Phoenix beer in Prince Rupert, un-ler a ruling of the liquor ' board which permits wholesalers to act as igents for brewers throughout the >rovince for the export trade. These agencies'were putting through supplied to vendors in various districts.
Premier Oliver Makes Reply
He Says New Westminster New*. paper Has the Record For Falsification.
Victoria, Oct. 13.�Replying to an attack made against him last week in an editorial in the New Weslmini-.stei* Columbian, calling him a "railway desperado," and saying'.he'* had cost the province a million and a quarter by cancelling a-private contract for rails for the P. G. E., Premier Oliver said that the statements were �absolute lies, and by cancelling the cnotract he had procured rails at less than half the"-cost stated in the contract. In closing, the premier' said the Columbian newspaper,/had the record for falsification, and this editorial was the worst yet.
MEETS G.T.P. OBLIGATIONS.
Ottawa, Gctyl'3.�The government will meet the obligations of the G.T. P. branch lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta -''and retain them as vital parts of the National System..
TORONTO NOMINATIONS.
Toronto, Oct. 111.�Claude Pearse, Liberal, Col.'J. A. Currie, Conservative; John Callahan, Independent, and Trevor Maguiro,1 Labor, w.ere nominated for, the Southeast Toronto contest. ^
.Leakages, however, had led to their discontinuance.
The occasion of Mr. Manson's speech was the annual meeting of the Victoria  City Liberal Association.
Sam McCleary, of Burns Lake, has elected for speedy trial before Judge Young, at Smithers, on a charge of breaking and entering,
At a meeting of the directors, of the Prince George Hospital held oii Tuesday evening, the main business of which was a discussion of finances, the following were present: J. H. Johnson, president; Mrs. Matheson, C. � W. Ferry, W. I. -Ku'ghes�VV^Skinner�Wv-Somertori-and T. W. Hearne.
Although the Prince George hospital is possibly in as roo<1 shape, fiii-iincially, as any in a town   of   this
size:, in'the province, the secretary-liOasurer's, statement showed that wheieas earnings for the month of .September were, roughly, $467, expenses amounted to $1060. After miiir' discussion it was decided to more actively boost the sale of subscription cards costing $5 for six. -mouths�or� $ 10�per�year-,�entitling-hol'ders to free-treatment in case of accident or sickness. ^The exact ; word ing? of the cards arenas shown below..          -  .   ..'                        .
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whose signature appears in the margin, in consideration of paying the .'sum of Five Dollars (or Ten Dollars)  per half-year  (or year)  in ad-
vance from .................... ������.........  's entitled  to Free  Hospital Treat-
merit in case-of accident or sicfehess not the result of inebriety or venerea-Khseases during the life,of this agreement. Maternity cases no'r'physicians' fees not included. Holder is entitled to membership in above Society during life of this .Card.         ^
~TDated  at Prince George,  B.C.,......�..........-..............?.:.._..........,  192....
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On the face of it, even a casual S�jmi�?r will see tlutrthis is really an instance card, and that .the payment of $5 or $10'can in no manner |,o conslrued ns being a donation, �inasmuch as the holder is afforded protection for six or twelve months as the-case'may be. fiven if the holder'is covered by Workiiicn> (Joi..peii:uition"t.his additional protection will not come.amis's, as his lios-pital .bill being' already: paid', .the amount he would receive, from tlial source will go.into his .own pocket. B�t there are hundreds of residents in'the city and ^district-who have no p'rotcctioii whatever, to whom such a form of insurance should strongly
appeal.                            .
The Prince George hospital is the
equal  of "�>' ilr tne P�'ovinc*:  <>or  a
place
this size.- -vThe  buil'di.nyr     is
����,.,.�� ��, every -way. construction �mid oquiT'i'iit-nf, and is manned hy an �efficient    staff,    Consisting" ' of ...the
matron,    Miss K. A.    Copp,    three
trained nurses' and .an. experienced 'orderly.    It is contended by    some
critics' of  the  i�stituti,ou that    the
hospital lia,s too large a staff, but it - must be, remembered that additional help in an einergency' cannot be -secured short of Edmonton or Vancouver, and h sxiflkient force to take cave of spasmodic rushes must be inaj.ntajh'cd.
It is the duty-of the city to support a hospital for the benefit of the if-sidmts of Prince George and" surrounding district, but it is no, less the duty of the rural population to help finance it. This they can best do by < thkinir out a subscription (or more properly speaking a protection card) for which they set good value for tiieiv moiVeyT Uy doing" this they aU so become members of the City-of Prince George .Hospital Society, and have a voice in its management. Out-of-town ne'ople may become members on payment of $5 oFi?10, or cornniunicating Avitli the seero-iary, Richard Allan^ P.O. Box t*20; i'luieei.-Cmii'Ke^'who will ' forwari their caH by'mrl.
The hospital is a worthy, inshilu-tion.v-iC'et liehiiul U' and help it .a'.ong by pui'hMDjp a card.
Woodpecker Farmers Discuss
 Rly.
PROTEST  AGAINST  ABANDONM ENTAND   URGE   ITS   COMPLETION�COUNTRY   SUITABLE   FOR FARMING, MERELY LACKING TRANSPORTATION.
At a well attended farmers^meet-ing held on October lst/at the Woodpecker postoffice, the following resolution was presenter and unanimously passed:     /
Whereas, it is^persistently rumored that the^govefnment will recom. mend to ,the Legislature at its next sitting/the abandonment of the- Pac-i(ic/^ Great Eastern ""Railway, especially the uncompleted link of 45 miles between Cottonwood arid Red Rock Creek, and
Whereas, these 45 miles are-, through fertile lands very adaptable to farming purposes,-/where hundreds of farmers have already .settled permanently,/and hundreds more have temporarily left - their places because xof insufficient means of communication,., and hundreds of ..others woud have settled had the P. G, E. railway been an accomplished fact, or had there been roads at all, thus causing thousands of acres to lie idle.,
We maintain that the land and climatij* conditions in this area are favorable in spite of the many adverse reports given out by experts, because most of us have resided and resided and farmed here six years and longer and are fully competent to judge of the merits of the country from a farmer's point of view; more so than many of these experts, most of whom seem to have investigated from the gasoline' launch in mid-river, looking at the rugged banks of the Fraser, never dreaming that there might be a hinterland, their reports generally fitting the pet theories of their 'employers; and
Whereas, all of us have been .lured into settling here by the prospect of the P. G. E. railway, the abandonment of which means .the abandonment of the country; for most of us thereby face the loss of six and seven years of the hardest labor, besides the capital invested.
Be it, therefore, Resolved, that we protest against any abandonment 'of the P. G. E. railway, and that we call upon Mr. Perry, the member for. this constituency, to take this � resolution before the Legislature at its next sittings and that he prevail upon the government to live up to its obligation, so that instead of an abandonment we may see an early completion of the railway.to. relieve us of some of the hardships of the heretofore all too rugged pioneer life.
-And be it further resolved,   tha This~f e�olu t ion~be"'f o r wai-d e"d Prince George newspapers pax publication.
G.  C. KERKOF^ Chairman. ED W ARD> J-fDO WN .Secretary.
TAX SALE LOTS                 .       5
BRING HIGH PRICES
The sale of land for arrears of taxes opened atthe government office yesterday and, contrary to expectations, many of the properties were keenly contested for and high prices resulted. The Fort Rouge Land Company had a representative on hand and bought-in many lots outside the city limits to the southeast. Some lots brought as high as $160, which is a very healthy sign.
The sale was concluded.this morning and the total sales made are given as 17 lots of acreage, 129 parcels townsile of Prince George lots, and 78 other parcels outside the city limits.      : N
SENATOR   BOSTOCK, INJURED.
Kamloops, Oct. 13.�Senator H. Rostock,7 speaker of the Canadian -senate, was severely injured by be-.iijj thrown from his horse at his ��aiu'h at Monte Creek, near here.
GREECE  SIGNS  UP.
Paris, Oct. 13.�Greece, the French iureign office- was informed, has decided to sign the Mudania armistice convention and evacuate Thrace.
SEASON'S BUILDING
VERY SATISFACTORY
Considering', the financial strih-�XMiey, the building record for the i-ason has been very satisfactory, showing that the people of Prince 'Jeorge have hoTlost faith in the future of either the city or district.
Building permits for September were not large,  being only  |170&,
but for the year, up to the end ol thn past month, they made the very?*. respectable total of $56,000. So far this month permits have been issued as follows: D. Peterson, residence, $800; G. H. Porter, addition,. $150; Carl Stock, outbuilding, $100; Paul Wieland, addition, $300; T. Austin, warehouse, $1000; H. Berger, stable, $300^house, $500; Mike Mal-oney, house, $300; L. Bontez, addition, $350.
\  BUMPER APPLE CROP.
Hon. E.^D. Barrow,, minister of agriculture, says that according to late reports of the Okaaagan district horticulturist, the apple crop this year will amount to �2,215,000 b'oxes. As" the situation now stands, the Ok-anagan Valley will ship roughly 4000 carloads of fruit, of which about 32O0 will be apples, 162 peaches, 280 plums and prunes, and the balance will be made up of apricots, pears and crabapples. Of these totals a heavy percentage of peaches, apricots and, other soft fruits will be shipped in cans.
REDISTRIBUTION EXPECTED.
The redistribution bill in all probability will be brought down at. the next session, of the federal House of Commons, and in that event will likely be the outstanding measure considered, Hon. A. B. Copp, secretary of state, stated at Victoria'.
ASKS TAX INCREASE.
The unusual request for an increase of taxes was made by speakers in a delegation which recently asked the Burnaby municipal councils*or more sidewalks and street work. When they were told that^these requests could not be granted owing to ward appropriations^having run out, they urged an increase in taxation sufficient to cover the necessities in the way of public improvements. "It is no use trying to run a municipality on nothing," said one of them..
ELECTRIC SPARK THE CAUSE.
arc in the electric trailing^cable used to operate a coal cutting machine, started the explosion in No. 4 mine at CumberlangVB.C, on August 30, when eighteen miners lost their lives. This, in/Brief, is the conclusion of Geor^ro Wilkinson,, chief inspector of itish Columbia mines, in reporting to Hon. Wni; Sloan, minister of mines.
RUPERT HONORS F. G. DAWSON.
Prince Rupert citizens united last Saturday evening in a big banquet in honor of F. G. Dawson, the new director of the C. N. R., who expects to leave this week to commence a tour of inspection of the Canadian National system. In the course of'the evening Mr. Dawson was presented with a travelling bag and Mrs. DaW-son with a chest of silverware as a token of regard by-the people of the city.
STEAMER AFIRE.
San FranciscoTOct' 13.�The Pacific liner, City, of Honolulu, formerly the German liner Frederich der Grosse, is reported afire 500 miles out and-passengers taking to boats.-
TO HELP EUROPE.
Washington, Oct. 13.�The administration is declared to intend at an early, date to do something towards the economic rehabilitation of Europe. �                               �   .
Work of grading for the skating-rink on Fourth avenue was commenced this week, The stock sold x last winter to build a covered rink was barely sufficient to purchase a suitable property, so as tinfe will not permit of anything^further being-done this year, an open-air rink, with suitable dressing rooms, has been ar-rlihged for. Prince George will, as' usual, have a hockey team this season and hopes to be able to put oh games with Vanderhoof, -and' possibly Mc-Bride and Jasper.'..- ~'.\ � v*�r ft �it
Chow Long, of Hazelton, was fined $200 and six months for having opium in his possession. He is now in jail here.