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PRINCE GEORGE GftlZEN
VOL.  1, NO. 78.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.,  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Oth,  11)21.
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Federal Government Founds Experimental Farm Here
,,0HN PIXTBR, OF DOMINION DUPACTMKNT OF AGRICULTURE, MAKES ARRANGEMENTS WITH K. j, BLACKBURN TO START A TEN-ACRE EXPERIMENTAL FARM AT BLACKBURN RANCH-FIRST OF MANY.
.\n important event in the agricultural history of this district occurred vcsititlny, when John Pixtor, who recently arrived from Ottawa, accoin-jinnifHl by L. 1>. Vibbard, local agent for the Rattenbury hand Company, irri (<»wn for the Blackburn fann eiyht miles south-east of here, for the jMivposc of looking over the situation for the establishment of an experimental farm.
So  pleased   was  Mr.   Fixter     with^__                          _________
the prospect  that,  on  behalf of  the j British Columbia.    While the initial ninion  Department     of.     Agricul-   effort   of   the   experimental   station
which  ho represents,     he    en-
will include only ten acres, this will
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tered into an immediate arrangement be Increased to a maximum of 100 with Mr. Blackburn to start a ten acres as the work proceeds, and as ere experimental station on his pro-; other areas are opened up for set-perty Immediately. The start will tlement further stations will be be made on the Blackburn ranch in opened
full view of the main road to Ques-       From  the appearsince ()f the road tlel,   which  is  being  built jointly  »>>ver the towrusite between the bridge the dominion and provincial govern-  and Connt         k     Mr     °^ ments. and  which is the, only road stated that he W(mld never h work   going   forward   in  the  district   lleved that there coul(, bp     farmi
al the pre8ent time-                              ! community across the river, and had
The Blackburn farm of 420 acres, I he been alone he said he would have
situated in  thp hand     Settlement I turned back, thinking he was on the
area across the  Fraser river.       Mr. | wrong road.    The state of this road
Blackburn   is  one  of   the     district's \ is disgraceful, and complaints on the
most  experienced and energetic far-   part  of   the  farmers  have     so     far
mers, and he  is raising high    class   failed  to   secure  any  material     in>
pure-bred    Holstein    stock    on    his   provement.
ranch. The site for the establish- From thig place Mr p,xt went men! of an experimental station , to vanderhoof. leaving this morning could not have been better chosen ; early. At vanderhoof an experi-than on the Blackburn farm.              j mental station has been established,
Speaking from   thirty-five    years'   and the work on this will be inspect-experience in agriculture. Mr. Fixter   ed.
states that the future of this sec-j In the operation of these experi-tion, agriculturally, looks very \ mental stations, the farmers are bright to him. The area across the ; looking after them under direct in-Fraser, he described as the best agri- structions from the Department of cultural area he had seen in Central : Agriculture at Ottawa.
FIGHTER CHANGED WITH
BREACH  OF  CONTRACT
Poor Boxing  Exhibition   Results    in Breach of Contract Case Against Johnny
SOME  GOALKEEPER
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 9-----Johnny j
Wilson,   middleweight   champion,   is facing charges of breaking his contract by giving a poor exhibition in his bout    with    Downey.    Promoter Rickard  testified before     the    commission that he considered the fight j a  farce and   Wilson a "disgrace    to the game  who  should  be ruled  out for life."    Jim Savage, the    referee,' said that if there had been a prece-dent he would have thrown both men out  of the ring in  the fifth round., The hearing will continue until Tues-I day.                                                      4
MONTREAL, Sept. 0—Halliwell. the soccer goalkeeper of Toronto has made such a favourable impression on his tour with the Scottish players that he has received and accepted the offer of Bob Connell, who managed the Scottish tour, to go to the old country to play. No clubs were mentioned. Halliwell is leaving on Saturday.
BOLSHEVIST   EXECUTIONS
RIGA, Sept. 9—Sixty-one persons have been executed by the Bolshe-viki, charged with participating in the recent Petrograd plot, according to a Pravda newspaper. Sixteen women  were  included.
Official Opening of Fall Fair on Tuesday Arranged
W. P. OGILVIE, PRESIDENT OP FORT GEORGE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, WILL OPEN FAjUR ON TUESDAY— ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR FINE EXHIBITION' — BIG (JROWDS EX PEC TED.
The big fair will be officially oixmed on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock noon, by \V. I*. Ogilvie, president of the association. Invitations have been Issued to H. G. Perry, local member of the provincial legislature; Mayor Wilson; Government Agent Herno, and others, to be present for the ocea-i<>n, which will mark the opening; of two rod letter days which will be landmarks in the history of the city and surrounding districts. Carpenters •»»<l others have boon busy for days getting the- rink into shape for the exhibits; st«.tls will be pnily decorated, side shows will be in evidence, and the rink and the grounds will assume the aspect of a real exhibition and fair, larger nnd letter than any which has yet boon seen in this city. W. 1< Pitman will provide music for the occasion. N'ot a thing has been overlooked to assure the entire success ff the undertaking.
HUNGER STRIKE AIRMAN'
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Janney, Who is  In  Trouble Over Sale of Stock in Irregular Company, Very Weak
LETHBRIDGE, Sept. ?—Captain U Janney, in jail charged with selling stock in an aeroplane company which has not been chartered '" Alberta, is very weak on the thir-J> third day of hia hunger strike. Fhe jail physician has ordered that llf- be removed to hospital where forcible feeding will be employed. ¦Tanney visited Prince Rupert with tllf> Hoard of Trade excursion last ¦Iiintv
K. O.  FOR MARTIN
PORTLAND, Sept. 9—Denver Ed. Martin knocked out Rattling Hector, (1f Seattle, in the third round of a scheduled ten-round battle on Wednesday night.
i*osrno\ is negative
GENEVA, Sept. 8—Charging that the purely negative position of the United States towards the league of nations has been responsible for delays In applications for mandates, were made by Lord Robert Cecil at vesterdav's   session.
TO ADVANCE SCIENCE
EDINBURGH. Sept. 8—The British association for the advancement of science opened its annual meeting for a week. Questions ranging from "coloured thinking" to the "age of the earth" will he discussed by leading British and  foreign scientists.
YAKLMA CHAMPION
TACOMA, Sept. 8—Yakima won this season's championship of the Pacific International league. It is likely that there will be eight teams next season.
BALL AT 'RUPERT
PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 8—The baseball to be featured at the fair thip year, especially the Northern B. C. championship Beries between Prince George, Prince Rupert, and Anyox, is looked forward to with keen interest by sport fans here. Anyox will arrive on Tuesday to play on Wednesday and Prince George will play on Friday. The winner of the series will go to Ocean Falls, if arrangements can be made.
CITIZEN  WILL ISSUE 24  PAGES
rp II E     PRINCE     GEORGE
CITIZEN will issue, on Tuesday, a 24-page paper. The regular edition of eight pages will carry with it a supplement of sixteen pages, in which information of every description will be set forth for the benefit of the district. The price of the paper will be the usual five cents.
An edition of fifteen hund-read copies is being run, and as the forecast of the demand for these papers indicates that this edition will be exhausted very speedily, the the public is urged to secure the number of copies required as early as possible.
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RICH GOLD KTItIKE
FAIRBANKS. Sept. 8—Reports received here describe the discovery of the richest strike since Cherry Creek days. The finds have been made along Wilbur Creek, north of here. A stampede of miners and prospectors is taking place. This sensational discovery was found following the investigations of experts in  that region.
STATION CONTRACTOR HERE
For the purpose of commencing construction on the station here. Contractor Grahame arrived from Moose Jaw on Wednesday night, and is registered at the Alexandra hotel. He went over the site of toe work with the resident engineer this morning. Work is expected to commence in a few days time, and is only held up pending the arrival of material which cannot be supplied locally.
PATROL BOAT ASHORE
VANCOUVER. Sept. 9—The Canadian government fisheries patrol-boat Givenchy is ashore near Bella Bella, and rests at an angle of forty degrees, with a list of forty-five degrees at high tide. The salvage ship Skookum is on the scene awaiting materials which will enable her to get the Givenchy off at high tide.
PRINTERS CO-OPERATE
TORONTO. Sept. 9—The job printers, on strike since May for a forty-four hour week, have appointed a committee to promote co-operative job shops.
OLIVER WILL  NOT
CANCEL FALL SESSION
VICTORIA, Sept. 9—Premier Oliver denied the rumor that the provincial government has decided to call off the fall session of the legislature and not meet until after the new year, as a result of the Dominion elections. He said there was "nothing in it." The session will be held about the end of October.
FIRST  PLAY-OFF  WIN-
WINNIPEG, Sept. 8—Winnipeg won the first game in the play-off for the championship of the Western Canada Baseball league, when it defeated Calgary Bronks four to one.
CABINET CONSTRUCTION
OTTAWA, Sept. 9—The reconstruction of the Meighen cabinet is proceeding apace, but there is no announcement. The name of Bal-lantyne, minister of marine and fisheries, is mentioned as one of those who will definitely retire.
WANT COAL DOLE
LONDON, Sept. 8—Wednesday's unemployment demonstrators de-'manded the increased allowance of free coal, similar to the London allowance.
Lloyd George Invitc^inn Fein to Further Conference
OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THAT BRITISH CABINETS REPLY TO DE VALERA INVITED THE SINN FEIN TO FURTHER CONFERENCES —SEPTEMBER 2<> SUGGESTED AS DATE OF MEETING—LLOYD GEORGE'S STAND.
INVERNESS, September 8—It is officially confirmed that the British cabinet's reply to <le Valera, inviting a further conference with the Sinn Fein, was given today. It is stated that de Valera was asked to reply, definitely, whether he was prepared to enter the conference to ascertain how the association of Ireland with the British Empire ran be reconciled with Irish national aspirations. It is suggested that September 524) be the date of the meeting, to be held at Inverness, in his reply, written by Lloyd George, the premier says: "Government by the consent of the governed is the base of {be British Constitution, but we cannot accept, as a basis of practical conference, an interpretation thereof which would commit us to any demands you present, even to those of a republic."
According to a Dublin dispatch, of;-----------_-------,-------,--------------------
today's date, activity is apparent in joint letter to de Valera, saying that moderate Irish circles to prevent a Ireland would be well advised to ac-rupture of negotiations between the cept the Dominion status. They Sinn Fein and the British govern- show in documents made public that ment. Sir Horace Plunkett. chair- the Dominion status for Ireland can man of the Dublin convention, and be obtained, and' are anxious to Captain Harrison, chairman of the know the grounds of the Sinn Fein Dominion League, have addressed a   for their apparent contrary opinions.
HONEST .JOHN "HAS NO
HESITATION IN SAYING"
B.C.'S Premier   is   Quite     Disgusted
with Premier Meighen—Who
Is Not a Good Liberal!
VICTORIA, Sept. 8—I have no hesitation in saying that, in my opinion, Premier Meighen is absolutely unjustifiable, declared Premier Oliver in a first statement on dominion politics since the election announcement.
The effect of Meighen's action, he says, is to deprive western Canada for the next five years of a large proportion of representation, which it is entitled to. The premier said that he knew nothing of the reports that a number of Liberal members of thy B. C. legislature will resign, and contest dominion constituencies, and he would not say what action he would take in such a contingency.
SOVIET DECLINES TO
RECOGNIZE   COMMISSION
regards the appointment of Joseph Noulens, of France, as chairman, as a '"monstrous sneer at the fate of starving Russia."
CANADIAN DELEGATE ACTIVE
GENEVA, Sept. 9—The Hon. Charles Doherty, the delegate from Canada to the league of nations, announces that he will demand from the assembly, on the floor of the league, the elimination of article 10. Article 10 reads as follows: "The members of the league undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression, the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the league. In case of any auch aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such, aggression, the council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Niceties of  Bolshevik  Government*s
Attitude In Time  of Terrible
Stress Apparent
MOSCOW,  Sept.     9—The     Soviet has declined to permit the Interna-j tional Russian relief commission, re-; cently appointed    by    the    supreme, couucil, to investigate the 'manner in j which Russia is aiding the    famine relief.    In a note forwarded by    the Soviet ministry, Thcitcherin says, to tbe Allied  powers, that the    Soviet
LINER ASHORE
LISBON, Sept. 8—The Royal Mail Steamer Almanzora, carrying 1,200 passengers, is aground off (ape Ks-pichel. It is expected that the passengers will be taken ashore today.
APPOINTED  AS  DEPUTY
OTTAWA, Sept. 8—W. J. Black, former chairman of the Soldier Settlement Board, is to be appointed deputy minister of immigration and colonization.
Annapolis Royal Visited By Destructive Fire Yesterday
OLDEST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT ON AMERICAN CONTINENT NORTH OF FLORIDA IS DAMAGED BY FIRE WHICH DESTROYED ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE CITY—DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
DIGBY, N.S., September 8—Approximately one-third of the town of Annapolis Royal has been wiped out by fire Twenty-five buildings in the business section, with an estimated value running into hundreds of thousands of dollars have in-en completely destroyed. A lighted cigarette thrown into a stable is believed to be the, cause.
Annapolis Royal is the oldest European settlement in America north of Florida. It is a city with a population of about 2,000 people,- and is situated near the mouth of Annapolis river on tbe Hay of Fundy, at the bead of deep water navigation on the C.P.R., at a point 12ft miles west of Halifax and 6:1 miles east of St. .John. The town was founded in 1UO4, ,-iiul was originally the capital of the province, and is the oldest European settlement in America north of Florida.
CHINESE TEACHER APPOINTED
VICTORIA, Sept. 9—Miss Lavina Dickman, who takeB up her duties as teacher of the Rock Bay school here next week, is believed to be the first Chinese girl ever appointed to teach in a Canadian public school. She is the daughter of Chinese parents, and was born at Nanarmo 21 years ago. Her father came from China thirty years ago and is Chinese Methodist missionary at Na-naimo.
THE  OAK STAKES
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 9—The greater part of the Oak Stakes ha<? been won by Gray Worthy, with Periscope second, and Colorado third.    The stakes are $10,000.
BASEBALL    SUNDAY
The final game for the shield will be played on Su iday, between    the lity and the  C.N.R.  teams on    the Duchess park grounds.
WANT NEW BOXERS
N'EW YORK, Sept. 9—New material must be found if boxing is to remain popular, promoter Tex Rickard declared today, announcing that the day of mammoth purses and bankrupting seat prices was passing. With this idea, Rickard says, he plans to increase the number of amateur bouts to be staged this winter.
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
ASTORIA, Sept. 9—Meagre reports picked up by the naval radio station say that an accident occurred this morning aboard the disabled steamer Canadian Importer, which is being towed to Victoria. An engineer on the craft is said to have been badly burned.
BABE STILL HITTING
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9 — Babe Ruth got his fifty-third home run yesterday.