Thursday, February 5, 1931 THE PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN Five ^PROFESSIONAL PIANO LESSONS d ^ tudgE—Studio Third avenue, rv- Carr's Office, for Beginnersor ' Pupils. Special jazz courses. LEGAL & WILSON—Barristers and Solicitors, Prince George. British Columbia. SURVEYORS H BURDEN—British Columbia Surveyor. Successors to Green Burden & Co. Port George ^-T-r!L—— NOTARIES PUBLIC • i SHEARER—Notary Public and Conveyancer. Fire Insurance, Lif-, Accident and Sickness Policies. Millar section lots for sale. Box 37. princeGeorge* B. C. M C WIGGINS—Real Estate and Insurance Notary Public. General Bro-i-erace business. Property managed for non-resident owners. Office, corner 4th and George Streets. Prince George. B. C. INSURANCE « G *>EERY & COMPANY—Insurance, Timber Lands, Real Estate, Bonds. P. O. Drawer S, Phone 61B. Prince George. B. C. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Trappers! Highest Market Prices Paid for Raw Fur If out of town, mail in your furs and let me give you a price on them. I. B. GUEST LATER REPORTS FROM ! NAPIER INCREASES \ THE LOSS OF LIFEj Wellington, N. Z. Feb. 4.—Later de-j ! tails of shocks whcch devastated the] north island point to a probable deaths I toll of 1000 persons, and a property ! ¦ loss which may exceed £10,000,000. The I | town of Napier. is a complete loss, \ 'every prominent building having been ! i demolished. There was another se- j I vere shock yesterday, which sent nun- j j dreds of tottering walls crashing to ; j the earth. A conflagration completed I • the destruction of the city. With" the j ! fire equipment buried under a mass of ! wreckage, ,and the watermains broken, I it was ^impossible to check the fires I and they gradually merged into one i huge conflagration, which swept ' through, the city three 'blocks wide. ; Scores of victims are believed to have | been still imprisoned in the wreckage i when the fire reached them. There j were - numerous instances in which BOARD OF TRADE TAKES ISSUE j friends and relatives were attempting ' to dig victims out when they were forced aside by the flames, and saw the imprisoned victims perish. With the bursting of the city sewer i Big Fight Bill Saturday, Feb. 7th in the RITTS-KIFER HALL Main Event Frederickson.vs JDouglas Five rounds for the Heavyweight Championship of Northern B.C. THREE OTHER CONTESTS General At!mission 75c Ladies and Children 25c BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKBBBOBBBBBb ON-ALASKA HIGHWAY (Continued From Page One) tion urging the government to action with respect to the highway to connect j ma;ns Napier has been enveloped in Prince George with the Alberta system by way of Jasper. It recommended a sufficient amount be placed 'in the estimates for 1931-32 to cover the cost of the uncompleted portion of the highway. H. B. Guest seconded the motion. This piece of highway, he said, was a frightful stench, and in the fear of an epidemic the authorities commenced the removal of the city's population of 16,000 persons. One half of the people have been evacuated; and it is expected to have all moved out today. It is estimated 10,000 persons have received treatment for injuries FOR SALE of much greater importance to the \ sustained in the quake development of the district than would } while Napier appears to have been be the h'ghway givine connection with I the center of ^he disturbance consid-Alaska, and was equally as important; erable loss of Ufe and propcrty damage a* the completion of the P. G. E. into j is reported writhin a radius of*200 miles inc George He understood S100000 of Hastings being a particu- ff n ____________________ .¦ j r ~r=.:------------------ ^ , ~ \ Piince George. He understood S100.000 i the to^ of Hasting FOR SALE—Bronze Turkey hens at naa been SDen1. On the work during the ]ar]v iieavy sufferer S5.00 eadh. Apply Dora E. Chapin. summer of 1929, but that nothing h ' J^ Tete Juane"Cache, B. C. F5-5tp . been expended upon It during the CTMAT Q ---------. ; -ri motion was carried un- Il 11>al>j i psst year. DRY WOOD FOR SALE—Solid Jack- ! animously. pine wood $5.00 per cord in 14 inch ; On motion of A. B. Moffat. seconded o 16 inch lengths. Dry Birch at $6.00 by Will'am Coop, the rules were sus-pcr cord. Apply G.M.S. Box 45A. _ pended and W. Prest, manager of the | Feb5-3tp | ]ocai branch of the Bank of Montreal. | wes made a member of the board. r BILLIARD MATCH WILL BE PLAYED WEDNESDAY EVENING PREMIER MACDONALD ORDERED TO REST BY HIS PHYSICIAN I will attempt the salvage of the Burke | plane which is frozen in the ice. -------------o------------- DO-X SUFFERS INJURIES WHICH WILL DELAY FLIGHT London. Feb. 4—Premier Ramsay MacDonald has been ordered by hds physician to take a complete rest from his public duties breakdown. to avoid a serious FRANK ML. DOCKRILL MAY BECOME COAL BARON . WITHIN A FEW MONTHS The final games in the city billiard league will be played in the Legion FOR SALE—Star sedan sixi $200 cash'r j President Reid announced the strik- billiard parlor on Wednesday evening Princess phonograph with 50 records [ng of the standing committees of the | between teams representing the Legion $50- player piano with 35 rolls. $100 j board as follows: . J and the Taylor billiard hall. The play cash and buyer to assume $240 due j Entertainment—W. L. Hughes. W.! will commence at 8 o'clock and all in installments; two electric lamps, j Bexon, W. Coop, W. H. Crocker, F. A. 3 beds complete, chairs, tables, etc. ¦ Matheson, W. J. Pitman and G. B. Apply N. R. Millspangh. corner Fifth j Williams. . , avenue and Vancouver street. F5-3c , Timber—M. C. Wiggins. \. Alexan- ----------------——¦----------------i der.-A. P. Andersen and L. C. Gunn. RENT—Three room Agriculture—D. G. Williams, John Asvman and E. J. Newman. Transportation—K. B. Guest. A. FOR "SALE OR house on Fraser avenue; 2 lots, good garden ground, with outbuildings. Apply to Mrs. Albert Aronson, Prince George. J29-3tp Leith, J. D. Gillis. A. M. Patterson .and F. D. Taylor. Publicity—J. H. Johi-son. ft. A. Ren- POR SALE—Two sows, one year old, i wick and H, G. Perry. also 14 small pigs, 6 and 8 weeks old. Membership—A. Le:th. $5.00 each. Apply John Moore., and w. Prest. Woodpecker. Jan29-3tp j industries and Development- C. A. Pyne. K. Anderson, I. }i. Baird. Hcrtisb'y,- J. Leith and W. L. strong. :-------------------------rO ¦ '' --------- FOR SALE—Some of Spence's celebrated Leghorn and Rocks roosters, oAly $1.50 each, also hens $1.75. Apply Mrs. Williams, Tenth avenue. It W. Munro L. FOR SALE—Three quarter sections of i land wiih long frontage on Eagle 1 Lake, only $900. if you have land j to sell or wish to, by consult us. We j specialize in land" and farms. Land . W. SAWYER BACKS AIR ROUTE VIA PRINCE GEORGE TO ALASKA Settlement Agency, Assman Block. Prince George. Jan29-3tc FOR SALE—Pure bred* Plymouth Rock roosters, for breeding purposes. Apply P. J. Moran, Prince George. Jan22.3tp WOOD FOR SALE—$5.00 cord and up. _Pull measure. Apply C.P.R. Rooms. WANTED WANTED—To rent team and sleighs for ten days, tie hauling. W. D. Ferguson, Prince George post office, lc Auditing Accounting. Bookkeeping, In. come Tax Expert. Work by hour, day or month. Richard Allen, Phone 112L or P. O. Box 118. J22-3"tp Accountancy, Tradesmen's Books carefully kept, whole or part time. In come- Tax returns made up. Edward Roberts, 9th avenue, Prince George. B- C. Jan22-4tc Washington, .Jan. 31.—Ernest w. Sawyer, executive assistant to the secretary of the interior, is urging upon Postmaster-General Brown the .establishment of the air-mail service to Alaska on the west side of the Rocky Mountains instead of the east side. This sen-ice contemplates extension to roach China and Japan with a crossing over Bering Sea and the carriage of passencers and exoress. Sawyer says the regular, line of flight from Seattle to Fairbanks now touched at the following places, which he considered logical points on an established air mail line: Seattle, Vancouver, Harrison Ho: Springs, Seton Lake. Prince George, £tuart Lake. Babine Lake. Takla Lake, Dease Lake. Teslin Lake. At-l'n Lake, Carcross, White Horse. Selkirk, Dawson. Eagle, Fairbanks and Aklavik. EMPLOYMENT WANTED^^ilwg and filer wishes to communicate with party who requires a man of this capacity fOr the coming season. Address 2431 Union Street, Vancouver. _B c- * Jan22-3tc NE RELIABLE MAN in every town. merchant preferred, to take orders l°r best tailored clothes in Canada. Attractive outfit, complete range, Pccil values $25.00 to '$35.00. Good in. Rex Tailoring Co. Ltd. Jan.22-4tc FOR RENT ^L RENTr-Fumished four room nouse. Apply s. Roberts. F5-3tc ERICKSON WILL NOT LIVE TO ENJOY HIS £30,000 LEGACY Erickson, a destitute pre-emp1-*" in the Bednesti district, who the seamy side of life years, is dying in the .th the knowledge a 5 $30,ooo has been left him by on thJ5 n Swe At a largely attended meeting ^m Andersen's Hall on Wednesday evening the Fort George District Conservative Association elected the following officers: Alex. B. Moffat. president: A. McB. Young, vice-president; S. J. Watson, secretary; M. C. Wiggins, treasurer. The executive is composed of the following: L. C. Burden. A. P. Andersen Gunn. E. "H. A. E. Siblev. Levi Graham, Martin S. Caine, O. N. Haydon. Tom Hug-hes. n. G. Williams and J. D. Corning. TRUCKING SNOW FIVE MILES FOR SKI JUMPERS 'Continued from pace 1) with 13750 votes, rind Dixie Blue and Mary Ge'ger held the last two places with respective votes of G.87.5 and 6.250.. Those who are taking an active part In the campaign say too much reliance FOR SALE C.N.R. CAFE property. Third avenue. JBest location in tbe city. Cheap. C.P.R. Rooming House, 16 rooms, hot and cold water. 2 corner lots on Quebec Street, also 6 cabins, all rented. New Ford Truck, 1 VS tons run 2000 miles. 160 acres good ranch land with house and 5 acres cleared, 5 miles out on Chief Lake Road. Terms. Reduction for Cash. Sec;— Prince George Real Estate Hi Victoria. Feb. 4—Hon. Hal B. Mc-Giveran. of Ottnwa. lor many years one of the most popular men in Canada. di'«d in hospital here today. He represented the city of Ottawa in the federal house for several years and for a time was a member of the King administration. u 2 a number of E£ hosPital aiw _ing a" monthly cheque for One cheque .was re- week city *v^e week ago. when ^ was S"50*1 bat* been taken to the general^1' He is suffering from a ^ ^breakdown with no hope for FORMER CALGARY MAN BECOMES A UNITED EMPIRE CANDIDATE London Feb. '4.—The by-election in East Islington is warming up. Paul Sprihgman. the first choice of the United Empire party as a candidate, has withdrawn from the contest and announces he will support the Conservative notn'-nee. Lord Beaverbrook who has announced his determination to break the Conservative party, was given a rough reception, here *%**** and advised to beat It back to ^ He has found a man to replace Spring-man in the person of ™}%-^*™f Alfred G. Critchley, formerly1 of Calgary, Canada. fair cantestpnts arc holding out on I' returning officer W. L. Armstrong, ¦with plenty of votes up their sleeves of which he knows nothing. In the meantime the election leaven is working actively. Dalr I PRINTING fs our line of business,. . The Citizen PH1NCE GEORGE, B.C. ."]»??»•»?? ?? t't »??»»»????????????¦»???<< 4<< r-j