TIZEN fvoT ia. no. 44. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930 enta Sawmill Centers Unemployment in Hon. F. P. Burden new Becomes Acute Agent-fjenerarin London emier Tolmie has Made Switch vi His Ministers Victoria, Oct.<18—Premier Tolmie announced a reconstruction of His cabinet this evening. ) There have been persistent ru;nors rtK'at reconstruction ivas pending, but the public was hardly -pre-' roared for the announcement that it had been accomplished In "thirlswitch that has been made Hon. William C: Shelly, minister _---- merly of Victoria, who was appointed to the office by the Oliver or finance, and Hon. F. P. Burden, minister of lands, have been j Government Being Urged to Re- administration following the death of Sir Richard McBridc. Con- Census Taken by J. O. Wilson N Hon. F. P. Burden, minister of lands in Premier Tolmic's cabinet, and representative for the Fort George constituency in the provincial legislature, has resigned his portfolio to accept the ROAD WORK AS RELIEF office of Agent-General in London, succeeding F. A. Pauline, for- for Board of Trade Discloses Startling Situation sieved of their departments. The former becomes president of the council, but Hon. Mr. Burden has resigned as representative of Fort George riding and will go to London as the Agent-General for the province. The portfolio of minister of finance goes to Hon., lames W. Jones, member for Okanagan South, and Speaker of the legislature. Hon. Nels Lougheed is to retire from the portfolio of minister of public works and accept that of the minister of lands, vacated b'y the resignation of Hon. F. P. Burden. The department •of public works is to be taken over by Rolf W. Bruhn, the rcpre-tative of Salmon Arm, and who has been president of the sen same Construction on Road Reach Tete Juane to firation of the report of Hon. Mr. Burden's resignation;^ and appointment to the London Office, was received in Prince George The Prince George board of trade yesterday in a telegram in which Mr. Burden stated he would return to Prince George as early as possible.! While there have been persistent reports" suggesting the .retirement of Hon. Mr. Burden from the government, the news out of the $900,000 received from the of^his appointment to the important office of Agent-General in the completion of the highway from Aleza Lake to. Tete Juane Cache-one of the relief works to be financed come to his When John A., Fraser, M.P., addressed George and throughout the province. During the past summer Hon. Mr. Burden spent considerable time in London following executive council. | the extension of "this highway was an his attendance at the international power conference which was H. Despard Twigg is said to be slated for the spealcership ^f^!nfKl^w^_ mighty well be held in Ber-Urit w}len he was greatly impressed with the possibilities ren dered vacant by the taking of Hon. James W. Jones0 into the cabinet. ' , ; By this switching Premier Tolmie will not have to open more than two constituencies to complete his cabinet, and in both cases it is anticipated the new ministers will receive acclamation elections in South Okanagan and in Salmon Arm. Hon. Nels Lougheed having held the position of minister of public works it will not be necessary for him to offer for re-election. It is believed, however, it is the intention of the government to issue writs for by-elections and fill all vacancies before the house meets. If this policy is 'adopted there will be at least four election contests, the other two coming in The Islands, to fill the seat of Colonel C. W. Peck, V.C., and in the Fort George constituency. brought within the scope of the federal ... , , , . . . legislation. In any event he said the the orhce presented tor advancing the commercial welfare or the S £SJVT£ Provincc- His "PPtfntmeni »>& most important office in the gift of the government will give him ah opportunity to render J h which would be proceeded with. 'I h Advance Made in Plan!|for Street Improvement Superintendent McKenzie Asked To Submit Cost Estimates v On The Processes. EARLY STAR? DESIRED Manitoba Reports Success Wittt Asphalt-Gravel Mixture On The Emerson Highway Alderman Reid made further progress with his street improvement 1/rogram at the city council meeting on Monday evening, when he secured the adoption of a resolution calling, upon City Superintendent J. C. McKenzie to submit for the consideration of the council an estimate of the cost cif applying an oil dust layer through the business sections on George street and Third avenue; for the preparation of a semi-permanent asphalt-gravel road surface; and on the cost of such grade revision as might be, considered desirable as a preliminary to the preparing of the semipermanent. road ¦suriace. The resolution was seconded by Alderman Taylor and adopted without division. Alderman Reid explained his object was- to secure all possible data relative to the treatment of road surfaces so that" the next council would be in a position to take the road surface problem up early next year. He said the committee was in receipt of considerable information respecting oil treatment and khe making of asphalt-Bravel road surfaces from which the superintendent could doubtless prepare esti nates as to probable costs of the work in Prince George. Information in detail as to the application of an oil dust layer, as well •as the preparation of an asphalt-gravel road surface has been received from Mi A. Lyon, chief engineer for the government of Manitoba. The province of Manitoba has constructed some forty-five miles of asphalt-gravel road surface on the Emerson highway. The first two miles of the road surface was prepared in 1927 and the work has been added to each year. En-ginfer Lyon says the asphalt gravel •mad has given an easy riding road and one entirely free from dust, but that he is not altogether satisfied that 't is the proper treament for » road surfaces. The surface treated had a width of approximately 26 feet and the cost ranged "from $5000 to $6000 Per mile. Before being converted into an asphalt-gravel surface the Emerson highway had been in use as a gravel loac3 fc>r upwards of five years and was therefore fairly well consolidated. Jne most pleasing part of Engineer Jtfon's letter was that in which he ^pressed a willingness to place at the wposal of the city all information of th ad E^™*1 in the ™*ttel' 1 roorf treitment and construction of r°ad surfaces. Cl,the Information secured from Germans Demand Damages for the Baden Outrage Shelling of Passenger Steamer Not Warranted in Opinion of Foreign Office 27 PERSONS KILLED Excuse Given Is That Captain Failed To Obey Order To Return to Port Winni on eu peg Alderman Reid said Vue&i p . g g g '--In the opinion of the local board : maricl»J S£»rvire to the orovince of trade the extension of the hiehwav •marked service to meprcAince. highway from Aleza Lake to Tete Juane Cache is one of the most important pieces LOCAL HUNTERS of high tti l of highway construction now claiming the attention of the provincial government, giving as it will direct connection with "the highway system of Al- CAP I UKfc AFTER STIFF FIGHT bera. In addition iit traverses a scc-in which the un- acute by The ducks have deserted Six-Mile lake. They have winged their way to r f H, . some more secluded spot, and the few of the stagnation in survivors of the lowly coot have left g n lndlfry' whlch normally t °f thC ing o nests in. the rushes, and are seek- Sary in the timber, a pall Dome Creek and Aleza Lake to report, he finds there are at least 272 men out of work who have a very slight prospect of securing mployment unless it comes through a resumption of construction on the-highway. Here are the nolnts reported so jajr with the number or their unemployed: Glscome 50: Hansard 12; Dunster 67; Long-worth 2; .Snowshoe 25; Willow River! 40; N-ewlands.30; and Sinclair Mills j 46. Most of these men are married,.] and virtually all are employed, in the Brazil, Oct. 28—The foreign office has instructed its minister to Brazil to demand satisfaction and full damages for the action of the Brazilian authorities at Fort Choapacharia in shelling on Saturday the Hamburg-American liner Baden whil^ she was attempting to leave the harbor of Rio de Janeiro for Buenos Ayres. The shelling of the steamer took place just cfte'r the fall of the government of President Washington Lniis and there may be some trouble in fixing -responsibility for it. ' • '' . ' The excuse for the outrage by Brazilian officials Is ¦'that the Baden carried no flag when she passed the fort. One of the shells from" the fort caused j the death of twenty-seven persons on | the passenger liner, eighteen of whom were women and childrn, mostly Spanish immigrants who were on their way to Buenos Ayres.' In addition to Uie killed there were thirty-five persons wounded. After the Baden was hit Captain Rollin .brought the Baden about and returned to Rio de Janeiro ; with his flag at half- mast. It is asserted there was trouble be- ! tveen Captain Rollin nnd the Brazil- I ian authorities. Captain Rollin Was I formerly in command of the steamship burned remind mination against the feathered game, eek by the of hunters from Prince George. It was composed of William Bexon, William Coop, J. C. Pidgeoh, Prank Whitmore, C. C. Wright, Dr. R W. Alward, Jimmy James, Gordon Wood and R. Dibble, and moved out with full kits and a complete artillery equipment ranging from murderous looking moose guns to light fowling the company descended upon W. H. Christy received the of his life. The only thought was that war had broken out G C. Sinclair, superintendent of the ! ggg^gjJ?JK w^mvSvS^ local employment bureau, reports, the I r canSn acainst the feathered registration of 385 unemployed in the a. °ampa'Rn.,,_ iJii There were as city of whom 107 are married and 278 IMiiS&^SiS^ unmarried. In addition to these he reoorts the registration of 197 unemployed persons from points outside the citv. the SincK securing Cut Ordered in Fees Charged at Weighing Scale Protest of Attention to Profitable' Service of City SCALE EARNINGS #500 Alderman Taylor Moves to Give City Council Power To Regulate. Building The local coal dealers were given consideration by '.lie city council Caparcona and was prohibited from! on Monday in response to their peti- Me passing through Brazilian ports be- ! tion for relief from what they tennod . W( | hbltt harccs for weighlnB passing through Brazilian ports of disobedience of orders of port tne exhorbltant charco the city scales. The a boat of his own. and setting out for the particular cove he favored. No sooner had the respective stations been taken up than the bombardment commenced There were quite a few clucks on the lake, but they lost no time in high-tailing for other feeding grounds, leaving the coot to their fate a.s offering, a..smaller target for the guns of the hunters. V Despite this U^ firing continued, as I ifv.the word had been passed to net Dp-ilprs rii-AuTo ariythinis witli feathers on. ''There Uealers Uraws ^v nQt cqq^ cn0Ugh to go around but thosr who Voukl not see anything to shoof at did not relish the others having all the fun. and they blazed away at the atmosphere, quite content to get the other fellow's goat if game was to be denied thorn. Late in thr lirtoruoon when everything in the form of We had sought shelter, and their ammunition had been shot away, thr hunters agreed to call it a day. and one bv one nindr tnoi<- way bnck to thf lnndlnu. Tun total ba« of the party consisted of four ducks which fell to the guns of Mpptr. Bexon.. Wrlnht, James and Alward but there were numerous coot which in the gathering darkness passed While it is the aiuiounced intention .of the government to fill all vacancies in the legislature before the next session of the house there may be difficulties in the way of holding an election in Fort George, unless the time for the opening of the house is-advanced a couple of weeks. The other constituencies involved are compact, compared with Fort George, which embraces a considerable part of the entire area of the province, the means of communication within which are of the most primitive kind. Premier Tolmie has his hands full with the administration of the federal relief vote of $900,000. and may not welcoma t\\c distraction of another by-election In the brief time set for the expenditure of this considerable sum. and the supplemental provision to be made, by'the provincial goyerny ment. , In addition to this the lire-, mler already has a by-election o« his hands to fill the vacancy created by-the resignation''of Hon. Ian Mackcn-¦ zie in North Vancouver, with the electors going: to the polls on Wednesday." next. It i.s somewhat remarkable thai, vacancies in the representation of North Vancouver and Fort George should exist at the same-time, representing as they do the southern and northern ends of the inc'omplcted government railway. In "both of thorn the railway problem is the bis? Issue with the electors, and Premier Tolmie has stated in definite terms he does not deem it wise to disturb the sale proposals by the making now of substantial exjxm-dltures for the completion of the railway from Vancouver to Prince George. The decision of the electors in the North Vancouver contest may influence the government as to the date for the by-election in Fort George, but the fact should not be lost sight of that Premier Tolmie. Is strong enough in the legislature to choose his time for the holding of the by-election in tills constituency. Lcvi Graham., president of the Prince George district Conservative Association, received a tnlegrnm .from Hon. F. P. Burden on ' Wednesday morning;, confirming the report of his resignation and appointment to ' office- of ngent-general in for dealers sup- officials. It is asserted that while the I on U1K ^ll-y ™r*lvo- "" -^¦ — - a"&- for