PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN !O. No. 30. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927. FIVE CENTS. Justice Murphy Tells Early History of British Columbia s of Confederation Saw Difference of Opinion Between Mainland and Island. Island Sentiment Was Strongly in favor of Annexation With the United States. Mi Ti Justice Murphy's address on arly history of British Colum-""prior t0 confederation, which delivered at the board of trade ",-,!:i on Friday, was easily the address heard in Prince George, judge had an intensely interest-Alb jeet'. with which he was very late, and he unfolded his story masterly manner, holding the attention of his large audience lies and gentlemen for some-like one and one-half hours, the speaker finished his stir-p, roration the applause was aneous, and continued for sev-econds, following which H. G. M.L.A., on behalf of the of trade, moved a vote of .. citizen has room for little than an outline of the very in-' narrative of the men who the destiny of British Co- : in its early days, and the •.•..- with which they were fac- \] .Justice Murphy commenced • iy of the province with the ¦ g of the representatives of '' West fur company, a Canadian ¦any which sent Simon Fraser his companions to British Co- ia in 1805 to establish the first post in the province at Fort A year later the fur brad- . bo the junction of the Prn- nd Nechako rivers and estab- ; the post of Fort Georjre ¦r's mission was to explore the. r river to its mouth, but it was intil 1807 that the necessary s arrived and he was enabled ...• a start from Fort George. North West company remained sion of British Columbia for ¦ years, when it sold out to i idson's Bay company in 1821. . year 1849 the Hudson's Bay received a grant of Van- • I land, and the first govern- u;is set up. and Richard Blan-! I was sent out from England as ¦ Justice Murphy said Governor •hard earned his place in his-as being the first man to raise Rsue <>f the H.C.L. in British mil,a. The governor had ac-¦i the appointment under a prehension. He had filled the • ¦! colonial governor before. imagined there were lots of e in British Columbia, and that alary would be provider! from taxes. When he arrived he there were no settlers other Hudson's Bay men, and in the ice of a house he was forced to i'i <>n the ship which brought When the ship sailed James las, chief factor of the Hud- i:;¦".. took the governor into the to live, hut he did not make him rnber of the family by any 5; In those days the company 1 e seta of prices—BO per cent :6st to the officials, 100 per above cost for servants, and 300 eni above cost for strangers.! isiness the governor was listed -ranger, and the cost of trad : the company forced him 'l" the province. He remained ar, and when he returned, to omplained that ii had cost $.•) i00 to maintain himself in rovihee for that length of time. succeeded as governor by rst great influx of people British Columbia in 1858, miners' rush to Cariboo.; i some 25,000 to the prey-nail population, and forced ig of some form of govern- j the mainland. Special vere given to Governor: and he was instructed to •me assistants for the gov-"f the new territory, but cted to~ do this and kept the, his own hands, this time developed the j onnict between the mainlf* '• •'' t.ic island. The mainland was] {/"¦'¦> ir.ru- the greater part of the! cial i"eS' 1>Ut Dou£las antl ni^ offi-1 s in (| at the seat of government. i "arm !¦ 'V>r'a and favored it. Another 1>li;'ly was that the islands enjoy-trade, while the mainland j !':>y a tariff on goods imported. I ¦'vernor Douglas arranged so/that the Victoria mer-•1ad a trading advantage ;ut the whole province. This v irritated the people of New "'nster, and an agitation was which led to the formation A. E. RICHARDS MAKING FIELD TESTS AT DISTRICT ILLUSTRATION STATIONS A. E. Richards, supervisor of illustration stations, will conduct field tests at district illustration stations next week. He will visit McBride on July 5th, Pineview on July 7th, and Salmon Valley on July 8th, tak-visitors over the fields and discussing results of the tests being made. Professor Hare, of the University of B C, will be the principal speaker, talking upon dairying and general farm manavement. R. G, Sutton. distinct agriculturist, will also address the gatherings, The meetings will be convened at 2:30 each afternoon. McDonald hotel will be enlarged, renovated and steam-heated C. R. Gilbert, of Terrace, insurance adjuster, has fixed the loss in connection with the fire in the McDonald hotel at $o500. Of this sum $4000 is apportioned to the building and $1500 on the contents. Insurance of $3000 was carried on the building and $1000 on the contents. David McDonald has decided to enlarge and renovate the hotel building and install a steam-heating plant. He proposes to put a cement basement under the structure, raise it another story and haveMt plastered throughout. Tenders are now being1 invited for the work and it is expected a start will be made early in in July. Court Presumes Death of Former Resident of City Probate Granted Under the Will of James Edward Marrach, Lost in the North Suspicion Marrach Wat Murdered as Result of Rivalry.of Fur Traders. \u matter: ^ants in j^ ^vt*rnmerit for the mainland toent 1 4i ^'s ^"dependent govern-^ainli' *°-r two years' when the $* p( t aind island were united, and -ntrai government establishe at Continued on page 3. J. M, McLean on Tuesday secured an order from Mr. Justice Murphy presuming the death of James Edward Marraeh, a former resident of this city, ami granting probate of his will. The estate consists of a ranch at Newlands, valued at $1000, and a little more than $2000 in cash. The beneficiaries under the will are two sisters living in New York. The evidence placed before the court went to show that Marrach disappeared in October, 1925. In company with P. H Munro and one other man Marrach was living in one of the Aleutian islands engaged in the fur trade. Against the advice of Munro, his two companions started out in a boat on-a fishing trip and this was the last seen or heard of them. Munro remained on the island until the following August when he also disappeared. No trace if him was had until this spring when his remains were found in a shallow grave on the island. The indications were that he had been murdered as the resnlt of rivalry on the part ol other fur traders. Since the finding of Munro's body the suggestion has been thrown out that Marrach and his companions were also done away with while they were on their fishing trip. * HARRY MOFFAT DECIDES TO RETIRE FROM DAIRY BUSINESS IN ALEXANDRIA Harry Moffat, father of Alderman A- B. Moffat, has decided that he .is too old to continue in the dairy business at Alexandria, and on Saturday he r.mved in this city wJvh his entire per.! of 26 Ayrshire *t < fc o.hich he vill endeavor to se 6f. Each of the animals is certified under the T-B, test. The hepris headed by a bull sired by Ppter Pan, out of Lady Laura, the champion cow of B.C. in her time /The animals may be seen at tht<' Thompson ranch, across the^river. ______ FAST SERVICE BETWEEN PRINCE GEORGE AND COAST "The Confederation." the new Canadian National fast train between Toronto and the Pacific coast, left Toronto on Saturday on its initial ru