FRINGE GEORGE CfTIZ . :- / ' • • ,___• - ¦- - . • - ¦ ¦'. - ~ ____:_________------------------------------------------- *sp\< Five Cents National Lsjbor Leaders Appeal for Support Perry Gup Comes Home After Long Stay at McBride Audience of Two Hundred At, j rend Open Air Meeting on j Saturday Night President and Vice President ot I Recently Organized Local Branch Takes Stump ers had taken everything from them. The speaker said the National Labor party would go to the assistance of the farmers. Under ltd policy it would take the lands back, and would supply __^ TwcvK'TTVJ ithe farmers with all the necessary A1NL> LftL x KIiN machinery and equipment to make their lives easier. C. P. Deykin. vice-president of the local branch of the party, spoke for half an hour. The change in the name of the party was not reflected in his remarks. His contention was the rem-"^" for the existing depressed condi-1 ' '- "-- *—J- ~r the work- Challengers Staged Run-Away in First Half but Had Stiff Fight in the Second RETURN GAME JULY 1ST McBride Evened Score in Early-Part of Last Half but Lost on Gibbon's Kjck 1 P'-ince George football club on Tuesday* won the Perry Cup from McBride Married Men rf ot Satisfied With Cut in Relief Several Reported to have Taken 'the Question up With the Victoria Authorities PENALTIES RESENTED Alderman Taylor Makes It iClcar The City Council Has No Option in the Matter Alderman Taylor brought to the nt-tention of the city council on Monday a branch of toed in this city There were but two ^SSS but while they SS under the | ernment of the country their condi- were laying On unfamiliar turf which municipal eai c _ ,naiLabor Party, it-ion in the future would be_ even w^se soft ^th continued rains vM£ ^^*%9j£ council were all op- TrecS organ-! than at present The poll *£«««*d, the McBride eleven were at home on members ^ ^ u& ^ ^ - the big financial men had been blam-, nh. o%rn puch. ~^ron under the depressed condition obtain- i speakers at the' ed for a large part of the depress-on. wimling the toss Prince George ^=$g£gg c~ncl, had no option lPv^eSed gen-! from which Canada ,in common wul ; clected-to piay with a slight wind in ng^DUL J™^ Municipal AC S3 ^fadd much I the rest of the world is suffering but h t-avm, md ftom the outset took £ .hejia«e ' , to the general to existing cai._ very specific as to the which relief can They were agreed National Labor a solution for - j from which Canada ,in common with rest of the world is suffering, but uiu workers shonld not overlook the blame coming to themselves for the indifference shown to their own re- they manner in sponsibility ?,n the matter of their country's government chance. 3yr=££:~ out, boom days it had been .....______ interest the workers in the governing of the country. They were now paying the penalty for this indifference. While the workers were neglecting their re- Winning w« toss Prince George elected'to play with a slight-wind in favor, and fiom the outset took control of the game. Gabrielle opened the scoring for Prince George witn_ a pretty shot from the ndu wing. Aftei 20 minuter, of play, J^rie%^gK after some pretty combination -•-- -...... from J- receiving a nice pass Moist. Prince George's third the gift of ihe McBride full back, attempting to clear a shot the back ««.*«..«»» »-- ~~B------c .....- imiskicked the .slippery ball, and dime sponsibilities in the matter of the ! snot ast hls 0WTl goalie for the __» it__%.;» Pi«ftW/»i/»1 mon non " ... ^_i -**¦ (K/i fiver nil 11 . ^nentthe big financial men and politicians had taken full adyan- ^^"and'lasTgoaT of g 3.0 in favor Canada, the speaker said, was not itself responsible for the existing ision. Canada wa>> one of the best in. ine muuvi. me nnuuw|jai «>.¦. ¦ called for the irmjositlon of the penalty, j and the members of the city council\ had no leeway. So far as the council ] was concerned the imposition of the penalty is mandatory, He sa'd he mentioned the matter so tha: tne property ~.....-~ who were protesting would see futile on their part to blame „___.*s of the council for the penalty. Alderman Taylor's contention was confirmed by P. E. Wilson. K.C.. city solicitor. There could be no question as to the responsibility for the impo=i-• _•-- ..x- i_,..------,f.. Tlle Municipal Act no s will be followed by the forwarding to. Washington of an intimation that in the event of the increased duties upon Canadian imports going into effect the Canadian government will refuse to sign the treaty with the United States for the improvement of the St. Lawrence waerway. Steady pressure for the made a shift in proved a good move, and lor Ju nrunuit* | ^ consideratkm ot- ciUTC1, ,Puef had the best of the play. P"™-^-?™}* I payments occupied considerable time. i; ^>— ..... r— -- ,---• ... inside right, proved mmsell a aeaoij j • situation with respect to the Don-cuuui,i-» in the world, in wlvch there r^. when %viihm rangc Of. goal and , ^ fjjm ^ r m M its. was no shortage of natural resouTces. | -.^ hc put m -shote Which ^yc^Knk- j ^:^:< - - "..... """ " to eocs i- as the deprfssion ... Jiad been brought about chief- third and equalizing goal on me as COPS i; iiuu w.t.11 ./i^...^ .. ___ lv bv the people of Canada themselves, i tm™ ai)° ^^'""^ f-";:' --;": rtf t. „ and they v-re capable of removing one ' reflU of an eTror on Ull\pf^ °Lth .......-- =r „,„„ ,,,rt,,i,Ttav-f> i referer. " Mnl Tra n Mistaking a goal kick for a -p ••-------tunity that «- -- .^clal systems which have ied for years have Unemployment arui ^ spendir^- of the money of ^ ^^ wa?/onc of the PTTO centre-half of the Prince team, who had the misfortune laid out soon after tho first Mc-coal was scored, was sufficiently ui.i..ti family was up again. previous meeting tho council took the .stand it would not sec'ognize any division of famili?s \n uie payment of relief, and directed. the relief oo paid to the father as the head of the family, and that Mrs. Doncaster be advised to return to the family home with hei' . Mrs. Doncaster had a. .^.v^. _____the council m which she statod she had been ordered out by and that she proposed to icr Relief hand ili v,a.s »u»«^ ^ : Doncaster lo sive his team could be seen on every side. ^^ factors in the depression dition had not developed wrihun the ^ he ^^ number of the municipal lisFhave taken would have to be replaced Even if de-ired to do so the world could not Svfthe capitaUstic system, It had Sited to measure up to^^nremen^ n the crises which had presented themselves in Fi-ance. and in Japan, a-, British Columbia Strongly Protests Hostile Tariffs for several weeks, but the Canadian government has had to overcome many obstacles, in addition to those related to necessary expenditures, and the threatened action of the United States congress in closing V' ~-r~!i—;1 =»¦«?«- market to British C......— will be sev/ed upon to justify further delay. Tt is realized the improvement of ihe waterway cannot be permanently wi'apped up with reciprocal tariffs between the two countries, but for the present Canada will decline to be involved. There is an impression in of fie circles here thai the threat of/ifhe i closing of the United States market to J British Columbia lumber is^not as great as appears in the action of confrress ¦ in sriving the new tariffs its approval. j and a number r^e banking on PreM ¦ denr, : the i- Prince GeoigQ 1^a^pt,cxv?tlV offensive ' the provincial- government against th, hand, and ™r*™*cn\"™ £ Prince ! recent cut made by the city in th< forties. "Score 4-3 >n favoi ol fimtt ,. f pxtended to tlicin coiruption and 3ii the old system, ! Thirty per Cent of Provincial Lumber was Marketed in........ - t.t'o r\ • io;i ; Referee McNab.* U. S. During 1931 After tUe game I tafiff is Prohibitive jSata- —------ j trirls team Asked to Exert Pressure | which was won by McBride; latter 8-2. and not countenace the use of force in an> shape, but would depend upon the inborn sense of justice and fair pla> of •he people of Canada to brow the and Consider Retaliation if New Duties Applied ylctoria, May -.^ficj-------------------------........------------ city in the " Prince George was represented as ' Tins action was based on fellows: Goalr'Kirkstpne; full backs- tion the cow of living v.... .. ' Kerkhoff Gunnar- hnlf backs Hewott. during the summer montlvs than Wilson (c'apt.) Comall; forwards. Gib- during the winter. No Representations i \>on.s Bore-man Hoist Johnson. Gab- have as yet been made to the city by rielie Spare Jensen, rjiieaman. Oiler,.! the provincial auferfcrities. -'- ¦ - The difficulty the city is having with | rince George J e. J. Thpriison over the alleged fire j the McBride i hazard created by his cleaning estab-between the I lisliment was before the council again. ..j i^nnrid I jsj0 pxipgress has been made in abating the hazard and it was decided to leave the matters in the hands of the fire and water committee. Ii. .J. Paisley & Company, city auditors, had a letter before the city' refusing to make any reduction in their charge for the special aud't occasioned I by the retirement of V. R. Olerihue of city treasurer. a statement !e St. Law- aser oi the tho Perry cup to th Ocorce erry cup to the Prnc< Geg for their safe keeping until next up the seiwnj^SiTpririce Georee on July | by the retirement tenm to P»J> ' 'l .,, thc sports on | from the position 1st m connection w IV tne-P _». . _. date thus ensm-ing the Prince tama^ocl'-rameaucltheroa- S^thb* have hold Ihe cup for the pufinto effect there die man left in Ca sure. In approaching a «--;--n---- , atre for unemployment the National Labor Party started with the P«mlsf-s there was plenty for everyone in,the TOrld although in the nvdst. of menw there was waait and s" would strive to so order ber to uiu vauiv »¦............ its way into the United States market, into 'rtually 30 the local mu c,.^.w^--------- take over the program in connection with the celebration of Dominion Day. Details of tho program will bo announced later. of Mud River l "Northern R would get his proper share. 1 nis.^»» . ^V*J^_ Premicr Pooloy caUed -a be brou^ght about by the nationalisation AcUno w ¦ cabhl(M toc a and socialization of 'ndustiT- Tlw g^gPJJ situation, and decide party stood for work, and not the-dote. ^^^^/atioiis should be made It held that he who would no ^rk. f™™?^^. wno :. now ii^Hc mt he who would ^S SS Se' *fcb> now n thi no matter what his position, should not to Piem;cr b lss-on to the f«?c'era party stood for the coi^cnp- <^±JZ^ Whvn the cabinet meet- a statement was rr.ven eat. The party stood xor tne ^'-"i; X^rnment tion of the natural resources of the, government. country, as well as of the big services such as the railways, telegraph and telephone services, the banks, and all the important public utilities. When this has been brought about the state would be able to assure every person able to work a comfortable living m exchange for his labor. Those who were too old. would become charges upon the state and properly looked after "The policy of the, National Labor Party was broad enough to cover not enly the workers in the centers or population, but the business men and of the entire cut of milR With the operating on virtually one- t the forc'ii? of thorn to rind I M*s. Skidmprt >•¦ -----_-. —.j—u\n | inossible power'", for retaliatory legislation in the »vrnt. of the new tariffs beir.tr enforced. much uneasiness, as ;ne n.n vpr to be approved at n cpi.i both branches of congress * [ ,\U1> <>' THANkfS Tho officers and members cf PiSce George Lodge, No, 11U P o Elks d^ire to eJcpreaa then b es of be sent to the Whit of the p farmers as well. The farmers, the speaker said, had been hit just as hard as the other members of society. At a recent meeting of the farmers' or- i the ^anization. covering the three prairie j the provinces, the -speaker said a resolu- being _- tion had been carried in which the J political « fanners requested the government to; take back their lands, as they could j The mo. no longer make a living off th.em. I Under the capitalistic system the i L^^:'1^ mortgage sharks and banking exploit- 1 ar ^p ^^ of Lhe matter with on th? grounds of v meeting of t'^. -3 mstitute will be he 31st. in the Legton HaOl ? ^o? t^dancV n£jti?jL U;o . ? Empire Day dance on Tu?->d.iy X CVT?eT" also desire lo thank ihe I.car owners of the city who ro- JSoSSmS ;W£SuSJ in, trans.> norths the children to the fajr ? ESSSSte aifd return; *r«l »1» »h_3 ? for thej m lruiu iiiu- [A.\>iuu-, ...... Tlioy further said They would not compete for the auditing of the. city accounts should the council decide to call for tenders for the performance of the service! They intimated they were prepared to furnish a yearly audit of tho civic accounts for $400, or an audit each six months for $r>00. On motion of Alderman Griffith, seconded by Alderman Armstrong, it was decided to dispense with the six-months audit and effect an annual paving of SI00. The council decided to endorse the j resolution submitted by the municipal! council of Nanaimo demanding a re- j auction in tho rales charged by the | B. C. Telephone Company in that city, and which the Nanaimo council j proposes to carry to the board of railway commissioners :f necessary. When i tihe' matter was last bofor.v the I council the rale's in disputr; wore not disclosed and a request for then was made. ThLs information was available on' Monday oven'jv; ns fol lows dence »iu».u.,.......... ness phone. $4.93; dc-^k busuioss phone $5.4.5. The motion to endorse tho Nanaimo resolution was moved bv Mdor- ; man Taylor, seconded by Aldonnan j Opie. The council was in receipt of a com- ; municatioh from Sergeant C. K. Mac- i kenzie. of the provincial polico. in I wlrclv an attempt was made to hook ; the city for certain witness fees in | the preliminary hearing , of Andrew i Miller, charged with defrauding a fire | insurance company on a loss in connection with the destruction of his residence at Mud River in January, 1930. P. E. Wilson. K. C, informed the city he had refused to appear at the : prelinvnary hearing as city prosecutor as he did not consider it a city case. ¦ If there had been false pretence k\ the -f i Millar settlement with the ' to the action of those ... iament who have been insisting that before the treaty is signed with \i\e United States the Canadian government should take over the Beaulmmois undertaking. iSEATTLE SYNDICATE EXPECTED TO START WORK ON HIXON F.. Hoiui, who in partnership wiW\ Joe Strbac holds ivo promis'ii? bench leases on Hixon Creek, wa?. in the city this week, Tho -property ;:s now held xmder option to a Seattle syni'M-catf. and it is expecteO machinery will be moved on, to the cta'ms 'his summer and development rrot under >.-ay. ITann. and Strbac before hirm have rich groiuid in their Hixon Creel: hoidings. so that they wore abla to carry on and make good waer^ vit.'p-out. assistance. Strbac lias beet\ «.n\ the creek since 1914 nnd Hann slnca 19'2O. Tliey are not worrying over the option they have p'.ven. unless it may be' fear the option will be exercised The Seattle men just beat others to it. Tf the leases were still available f< ;• ,t!e the.ve are a number of syndicates which would like a cliance wth them, and the prig'nal owners would not feel hurt if their optioned holding reverted to them. WINDSOR AIRMAN FALLS 2000 FEET WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY- Stratford. May 23-AJ. Fl. McCorkell. nauiu- wii ¦viwv.v....,......__, j Windsor parachute jumper, had a mir- s: Residence party line. $i.n.">: resi- j,culous c,SCJll,e frn,n death here todav we individual line S2.20: wall busl- j ,vWie mak'ng an exhibition jump from .,.«.«.,«« «imnn i n piane-f H.9 bailed out at an el-ova-"i-m of 2000 foot, but tl^e parachute fnihxl to open when he piilkxl the •on\ 'A larse company of spectators lf n:vc! I1!'- danger as McCorkell con-Mnued to fall like a plummet, but were oo'^prless to do anything but watch -nis descent. Although it failed to open the parachute 'jheckod rlie speed'of McCorkell.-, fall. Hc hit some lygb-ten'sibn wires, which" bounded him off ir.d in! dropping the rest of the way •o the ground escaped serious i"i'"^- had been committed at and not in the city of Prince George. The claim may have been, paid by a cheque issued at Prince George, but it might have been issued in New York. It was decided to turn the letter of Sergeant Mackenzie over to the c'ty solicitor for reply.