PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN Man's Match A sturdy match, big enough to handle with your mitts on. Strong enough to strike on rough surfaces. Made to withstand more moisture. A safe match, free from poison- and free from glow when blown out. Their added length gives longer light in the dark. .MAPLE LEAF The Canadian Match Co. Limited TENTS ! gPEOIAL AND ORDINARY DESIGNS— CHILDREN'S TENTS WINDOW AWNINGS VERANDAH CURTAINS STORE AWNINGS QUICKLY MADE TO ORDER PRICES QUOTED Jas. A. Munro GEORGE AND SECOND CITY CARTAGE AND TRANSFER CO. Forwarding and Distributing Agents PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. ' Phone Us for Coal li. J. GARVEY; Proprietor Phone l-l II. WHEN YOU THINK OP EYES THINK OF STEACY (The Home of the Best.) STEACY'S PHARMACY JF YOU ARK PARTICULAR about your meals or Service*— EAT AT THE Royal Cafe Open Day and Night. A. Demas PROP. Mclnnis& Wilson BUILDERS Dealers In LUMBER. BUILDING SUPPLIES, CEDAR PENCE POSTS. Corner Quebec and Fourth. The Prince George Citizen A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devoted to the Upbuilding of Princ George and Northern Britioh Columbia SUBSCRIPTION RATES Yearly - - - 52.00 In advance Hal-f-Yearly, $1.00 In advance To U. S. and Foreign Points, $1.0 per annum additional. NORTHERN LUMBER FOR THE ORIENT This week the mills to the wes of Princ? George will commence th movement of the first five hundrec thousand feet of lumber which is t. be shipped from the port of Princ Rupert to the Orient. For the mos part the lumber will be manufac turetl in small squares. As lumbe shipments from the southern port: go. the movement of this initia shipment will not cause any excite ment, but there is every reason to hope that it. .small as it may appear the beginning can be seen in a verj profitable business for the millmei located along the line of the G.T.P Timber exporters at Vancouver have jiven the assurance that there is a jrowing Oriental market for 1$. C imber of certain grades,'and there s no reason why a fairly large bus-ness should not be built up for the rlupert port, to which every mill ilong the n. C. section of the rail-vay will contribute. One of the treat disadvantages which the nor-hern mills have to contend with has >eeri their long rail hauls to the markets in the east. Millmen assert he disadvantage is not so great now is it was a few years ago, and that t will become less each year as the eastern mills are cut out, but when half the cost of manufacture goes into freight rates there is still something of a disability. With an export trade opened with the Orient through the port of Prince ttupert. the mills of northern B. C. could reach tidewater with a maximum rail haul of 7T»0 miles, as against a rail haul of from 2,500 to 3,000 miles to meet tho market in the eastern states. The millmen along th< G. T. P. will doubtless watch developments of .the export lumber trade out of Prince Rupert with great interest as it may mean tlu beginning of big things for them. CANADIAN CAPITA li SHY WITH MINING Attorney-General Manson laments th>' lack of pioneer instinct on the part of th<> people of MA'. He very properly says the people of-B. C. cannot afford to sink their money into doubtful foreign investments when there ara so many excellent opportunities for investment in the resources of tbe province. There is nothing new in the situation which the attorney-general refers to, in which the mining properties of B.C. a^e finding their way into outside hands. This has been true of I!. ('. mining for th" past thirty years. The Canadian will make a good prospector, hut when money is required to develop a property it "is usually drawn from ih- United States. It would seem as if Canadian capital cannot be put into the mining game as readily as capital from the south, but when all is said and done there is. no great loss in having B. ('. mines developed by the people from the south. There are dozens of mines which never pay-more than wages, and the outside apital which takes a chance on them is deserving of the opportunity it gets in the big properties. Aside from the Canadian Consolidated Mining and Smelting' Company, at Trail, it is doubtful if there is one really big Canadian company operating in the province. If the outsiders were not here there would not be very much doing in mining. The Prince Rupert Sulphite Fibre Co., Ltd., is the name of a company which has been capitalized for the purpose of holding the assets of the Prince Rupert pulp and paper venture until such time ns the necessary capital can be secured to proceed. The company is capitalized at $1,-000,000. The Portland Canal district is experiencing the greatest boom in its hiBtory. Mining men are flocking to the district from all parts of the continent. Many of those who went through the Rossland boom are on hand again and its looks as if there will be capital available for the development of every property of promise. Canada is a long way from being self-supporting in tho matter of its fuel supply, as during the last decade It exported coal to the value of $580,000,000. The dominion has plenty of coal, but so far no means have been devised for getting tho coal to the consumer at a price which will meet the cost of the United States product. The Canada Western Cordage company, which was founded at New Westminster by a number of war veterans, is reaching out for the rope trade of the western provinces. On his last trip east, Major Thorn licked up rope orders as far east as Manitoba, getting, in all. orders for nine carloads of rope. Given a sup-)ly of New Zealand flax the veterans could handle tbe binder trade of the trairies. The federal government has de-tided to take note of the immigra-ion situation in the province ot" Manitoba. It is announced an agreement has been arrived at whereby he government and the two railway :ompanies will finance a coloniza-ion company to operate in the states mmediately south of Winnipeg. Financial assistance is Raid to be )ledged to the extent of ?1,000,000, spread over a term of five years, and he railways will co-operate with special excursion trains. St. Paul will be the headquarters for tho novetrient in the United States and 250 agents have, been secured. THE GOYKR-NMENT JAM, Iditor The Citizen: "The manner in which j'ou have landled a very difficult problem in our last issue is much to too com-nended, should the forecast !><-hrust upon us. You deal with it >oth from a financial standpoint, ilso from the all-iniportanl one. the air administration of justice to be ixercised under the magistrate's >ath of office. "If the i»iil is removed., how ihc jolice commissioners are to providi 'or the carrying out of judicial nil-niuislration is difficult to fonve >. A'bat is to happen, taking a similar ivent, in which some time ago J! irisoners were, at one sitting of the ourt, committed for various offonc-s under the Disorderly House "'™™»«»^^^ 1923. _'_ ___ "¦"•Una WE PAY FULL VALUE POR '"^^W RAW FURS HIDES, WOOL AND HORSE HAIR Shippers Get a Pair Deal and Pro»pt Carruthers Hide & Fur Co ]+a 10126 101st Street (in rear) „ ' Ul^ Edmonton, Alto ^ ..... FRESH MEATS Eggs, Cream, Vegetables Fresh and Cured Fish Golder & Wieland Phone 60 George Street The Alexandra Hotel Stonm Heated Rooms V.n Suite with Private liuth, Excellent Dining Iftoorn Service, Largo Sample Rooms, llus Meets .Ml Trains. STRICTLY MODERN. FIRST-CLASS SEII VICE. lauses of the code p The y two lock- accomnio- From correspondence tabled in the house of commons it appears as if Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith bad br>en giving considerable thought to the Canadian merchant marine. It is not disclosed that anything came of the overtures made by her to rid the dominion of some of its vessels which do not pay.—but it does not follow that, nothing will be accomplished. From the correspondence it would seem that Mrs. Smith and her associates were prepared to take over the "Canadian Observer" and two smaller vessels if satisfactory prices could be secured upon them, and there was also the suggestion that a British syndicate might be induced to take over the whole fleigt if the government would make the necessary guarantee as to bonds, and give some assurance as to freight rates from western points to Montreal and Halifax. The Citizen would like to see Hon. T. D. Pattullo get that million sheep into B. C. by 1930, but even if he fails in this he will have accomplished something if his campaign induces a number of the farmers of the province to go in for sheep. B. C. is a big province, and there can be little doubt but that sheep-raising has been lost sight of to some extent. It would be a very sweeping statement to assert that sheep will not do well in some portions of the province, but, as a rule, c.attle-mep will not tolerate any mix-up with sheep, so that at the start the sheep must be kept out of tho cattle sections of the province. But at that there should still be room. are hardly sufficient ation! "Again, what is to become of a smmiUnent, or say a hearing in hich the crown or defence a.sk^ for 11 eight-day remand, which event i'iv occur tomorrow or any day? Has it not been a foregone conclusion that sooner or later there must be an end to the temporary housing of prisoners? What is to arise in case of the assizes having a criminal docket, be it long or short? 1 think enough has been said on this score. "It appears to me there is but one way out of the present difficulty if the city does not wish to handle its own prisoners and increase of staff \ such would entail. "In some parts of tin; province, arrangements have been made between the province and municipal!- j ties, in which the police magistrate i deals with provincial as well as civic charges, his salary being apportioned. Prison accommodation is supplied for both in which each j shares the expenses, together with' police servicesj payable; pro rala. As the province is now making its ne- ! cassary arrangements for its govern- | ment buildings, why should it not, i for the time being, at any rate, include the jail for both services in its estimate? And what more central and better location than Prince George? "Attorney-General Manson is only too ready, I am convinced, to see that his police department and service in any part of the province is such as it should be, without inflicting a burden upon a young municipality. "The city may be quiet at present, but. if I am not mistaken, It will not remain so much longer. "C. B. DANIELL." Builders' Supplies LATH AND SHINGLES MOULDINGS DOORS WINDOWS GLASS ROOFING BUILDING PAPER CEMENT LIME PLASTER BRICK FIRE BRICK DRAIN TILES FIRE CLAY Andersen's Lumber Yard, 3rd Ave TELEPHONE 55A. P. O. l«)\ 11 C. It. GILBERT ASSURES TERRA(15 PEOPLE THEY WILL HAVE BRIDGE SOON Did You Think What the smoke-filled valleys meant to you last year? What the timber charred, burned, and blackened means to YOUR future? That the wages paid last year for the tie crop along the Grand Trunk was approximately $383,000? That the forest will remain a source of revenue to you if kept green? Then be careful with fires. Do not destroy your own livelihood. PREVENT FOREST FIRES IT PAYS C. R. Gilbert, of Terrace, has been I making the people of the town feel good by assuring them the plans j hnvo been completed for the bridge I over the RkT>Giia. and that a sturt j will be made upon the job this summer. TERRACE MAN GETS FOUR REARS IN ONE DAY OUT I For W. IT. Burnett, of Terrace. got nnd two she-bears and two cubs in one 1 clay out of Terrace last week. All told he saw four cubs but two of I them got away. 8KB A. H. BOOTH Sash, Doors, Rcrorns, Window Door Frames, Mission Fusnlturo, Store Fixtures, Etc. Fifth Avenue, Near Quebec. Quality and Prices Right. Res. Phono 50R. CARIBOO LODGE No. 65, I.O.O.F. VISITING BROTHERS \\El Meets Every Tuesday in j; °- ' Hall, Third Avenue, i "i George, B.C. ----