15, No. 25 PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN.. THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 1933 Five Cent* Creamefy j Seattle Capital of Commences Work Raw Milk on Hixon Creek Contends This is Covered by thc Agreement Entered Into by the City Council SUGGESTION REJECTED Rigid Inspection Will be Made of Dairy Premises but MiH; Tests not Covered the dispute -between the Interior Creamery and the city over milk in-cpectiorpwas ventilated at the council meetmg on Monday evening. When th(pnegot?atioris were on for the establishment of the creamery the city undertook to see that no raw mil!: rnould be offered for sale within the city limits other than that from grade A -premises. To implement this undertaking the- city arranged with the provincial authorities for an inspection c; all dairy premises from which milk was supplied. A number of them were found to be. entitled to Grade A certificates, and-Ptlhers later made the necessary changes to entitle them to the certificate. It developed later that all the dairy premises were not inspected, and that within the city there were a "number of instances in which the odd dairy cow was being kept in which inspection was not made for ithii icason the owners stated they were not selling milk. These statements there is now7 reason to believe were not in accord with the fact. Th net result was that despite the \prccautions taken by the city there remained reasons for believing raw milk continued'to be sold from ungraded premises, and the city will make airangements for a further inspection., ThiSx. inspection is to be undertaken within, the next few days by Dr. Knight. It has now developed, however, that Alfred Miller, of the Centrol Interior Creamery, is of the opinion the npdertaking of the city with respect to the sale of raw milk goes further than this.. and involves the testing of the milk offered for sale from time to time in addition to de:ermlh:ng that tihe milk corrses from Grade A premises, To enforce his contention Mr. Miller has decided to withhold the payment of his water and ligh! charges until thc c'ty agrees to make tests of the milk. In connection with thc operation cf the. creamery Mr. Miller has to meet a monthly charge of $15 per month for water. At Monday night's meeting the members of the council were unanimous in their agreement that Mr. Miller is mistaken in hi-s contention that the city agreed to undertake any. test-;ns;/of milk offered for sale.- It'was conceded the testing of the milk might be even more Important than any in->fK^/cn of dairy premises, bu/ 'he pit>vis^w?th'6ut the necessary equjp-/ment for making the test-;, and th" r"st of securing the same is regarded as more than the city can urfdertak'e at the piesent time. With respect to. his action in witholding paymont--"t>f his "\ver and light charges J.u-w.is decided-to notify Mr. Miller "ho" will -be treated as any other consumer ,of water and light hi arrears, in thnK-0 percent will be'added to his chariW> bu< -'in the interim the city will do all in its power to make the inspection of ;£yl ftairy premises as complete as possible . Some time ago the provincial police 'vcre requested to prepare a complete '•'• of all dairy prenVses-in the city =!nri district which .supply milk to the creamery or offer the same for sale m the city, and to have the -nine available for -Dr. Knight by the end °f the month. There appears to be a distinction made in tho standard °* Premises from which milk i.s sup-P'W, and those from which cream is fJPP«e«J for butter-making, the grad-miu, ntr more strict in the case of [[^-supplying dairies than in the -r° of those supplying cream. tniu W m'llc £ales are restricted to p'1K. coming from premises given J^acie a. but milk from Grade B lami.sex is permitted to be offered for frcm Iey bein° Pasteurized. The milk Gr_, cln-r>' premises failing to make •¦Ut, ? B is not saleable under the rim Whm Dr- Kniarht makes his dain lnspection ifc win include all the di-tlun n S0ld which comes from other mem de A Premises. This will M.d VP"ldents selling milk from the shaneS tmist m* their bams ;n Konm , "'•ake-the required grade or n11 cfthe milk business. & DRAKE PUT UN ANNUAL JULY STOCK Educing sale Will Employ Fifteen Men Testing Gravels in the Strback and Hann Leasehold -^20,000 PURCHASE PRICE Contemplate Working Ground ' by the Utilization of a Gasoline Shovel School Trustees --May liaise'Age-For Enrollment Will Limit Admission to Pupils j Have More Named than Other if Saving Can Be Effected in Teachers' Salaries Extensive prospecting work Ls to be undertaken next week on the leasehold property of Eric Hann and Joe' Strback. on Hixon Creek, which may do much to bring Hixon Creek to the attention of the mining world. Strback and Hann are pioneers on Hixcn Creek the first has been in residence on the creek since 1914, while Hann has made it 'his home since lfi20. The:a- leasehold is but one of their mineral holdings, but .so far it has been the most profitable, as while the .others required not. only labor but money to represent'i-Ke leasehold could always b3 counted upon a-; a meal ticket. Frcm_4'he time they first acquired they'.coukl count upon it. to give up at leaV. $1000 in a short season's work /for necessities. .*? a mat.tar of fact it. ha>; for a long .'.. o !:??eats, and within the next two weeks T. D. Pattuilo says the candidates will be named in the coast constituencies, and his campaign will be well under P change aiid the Se.it'le syndicate, compose per. Ramsay and Rune an option to; jurcha s the leasehold for $20,009. and1 after many delays the syndicate has now prepared to .undertake a •systematic prospecting of the ground. On j Friday, Rodney Small, the mining representative of the .syndicate, arrived I in Prince Geor»e, accompanied by Mev rs. Hann and Strback. with a view I to purchasing lumber required for! 1000 fee* cf flume and 350 feet of j slirce, with which it i.s proposed to make a working test of the gravels. The work is to be performed by hand and will furnish employment for a ! men. ...-.Li of the lease gravels I are said to have shown on indicated | "value of something belter than $5.00 psr\yard •? that it would pay well e*"en untiar c:i eAt-'ve'y '^rd- opinion. hut\tb- me hcrl dee'ried upon bv he r'il>?-:.c-i of which means he ____ __ , if it does the age limit may be raised "to seven yea vs. In this issue the 'school board publishes a notice to parents tnenL. ai i anc* guard'jans requiring them to ad-and Me- ' v'se as to !ne name, date of birth and camps, i present address of any child- whom , will be j they desire to enroll on the re-open-ing of the school in September, the | same to be filed with the secretary of the board-,1 A. M. Patterson, not later : than Thursday, July 13th. When this I :nformation has besn received the i board will announce the age at which j puoils will be accepted for enrollment. W. J. Alder, the commissioner in of picking up employment. While they I charge of municipal administration in were absent from the camps and still | Pnnfce RuPert; has already taken his destitute relief has been given to them! Potion on the question of the age • bv the city, acting as ths representa- i ?' w2llch p"plls *':" be, lecflved ln ! five of the provincial government, but j the p"nce Rupm schools. He pro-S practic/is now to ^discontinued. | ^Z^J^^^U Refuse ------------ -„ .. . line which they have been established. For the most part the men whom it is now proposed to return camps were at one time in ;.n them, but left t" :h:s practice is now to be discontinued, j .<-~V"' " ;~"7 • :" . -.,, _ the camps, but there are doubtless b receiving relief through government greater number of candidates in the field, but there is no cohesion among tchem, and t/h-e 'impression i.s growing that most of those who succeed in making the grade will be open for dickers. On the nine Independents nominated ~o far four are members cf the present legislnture, having been elected to support Premier Tolmie. As there will be no candidates of the Conservative party in the field these four in the event of election would naturally gravitate to the Bowser-Donaghy combination. The Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation has six candidates definitely in the field, and nine others picked out . for the dominations in Vancouver city and surrounding ridings. The C.C.F. party represents a fusion of the Labor and Socialist fol-lowings in the province. Some of the candidates are rather red, but they have some good men as well, R. ~ become entitled to relief the men struction to any bov or girl :n the I public or high school after the age of sixteen years has been reached. All I pr,,,i;5 ^n be required to pay a must be able to establish six months | '^^^ ofloO^'ann^ except! MX. has iS'iill" re vo'.i <¦: avel ».o like l spp.rc; alts n very pus ch e: ¦ x i i rents chins j id ihe aluable Se c~n o rtion, u'( n he can handle j r-t—&f—Komn-'-hins: : Krd; If anything; •'Kh\a .ccst C'VA h:-• v'.id>:ue h?,s a dcraMcns-in its. what is of even . ¦r importance to the dir>"Vet is ;'::y., the successful operation of (,the If--: lin'd1 cannot- fail to direct attcn- ; ton to the quart;', locations along the creek. MARY ELLEN SMITH WApE NOTHING OUT OF POLITICAL LIFE Van-Oliver. .June 23—The will of :.',"'v Ellen Smith, which has been t'led for piTobate, discloses i:he made nothing cut of her .political life in a monetary way. The former British ^Golumbia cabinet lr.inister. and the f r^sjvomari in the empire to held such n no..u.ion. left an estate the gross value of which is placed at S6:j-0. MICHAEL J, IOHNSTONE PASSED AWAY IN CITY HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY who for ::r"der.2e in the province. Cn Saturday the rVfess reports car-i;ed the story cf the transfer of LJeut.-.. ~. W. Spry from the department defence to the department. <-f labor bo t:'ko ever 'he duties fcrmerly carried out in Br"xi-:h Columbia by the I-.:;dhatn comniis's'jpn. which Will cease to exist at tho end of [\\? month, and ;o initiate a system of employment at H relief camps cn highway and other those snowing nnucr-ua]¦ proficiency and whore parents or guardians are unable to pay th" tuition fee. In these cahes it is !"!rcposed to institute a-system of schc-larships. which may be granted on the recommendation of the] principal concerned^ under which- the! pupil? would be perm'tted to continue i their .studies without the payment of the fees. In Prince George the school board ; approved public works. It is presumed ' ho;s" eohfeinuedifor; %'e.ars to provide the return of thc men to the camps i>-. in line with the new program. JUDGE ROBERTSON DISPOSES THE CAUSE CELEBRIS WEDNESDAY tuition free of charge to pup Ivbeyond ! the age set for free educa^icfn by the School Act. but upon hi.< last visit to j this city Hon. Joshua Hinchliffe ex- ' plained the department of education was prepared^ to allow considerable! home-rule latitude to school boards in ; this^^spect, and. pernv't them to cx-£eed the ase-limit for free education if they, so desired. 'IARKED IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS Robert English, wes'ern manager of colonization and agriculture f.):- the. 'C i'.n li- the tihe Printc G( >rge hotel, passed away in the city hospital on Fi'iday monr.nti following a brief illness. Th? deceased was a son of the late Henry Johnstone. of. Halifax. He received his early education in England ¦.;nd return'ng to Canada entered his business training in a hank in Charlbttetown, P.E.I., while Walter L. Hornsby. mannaror Judge Robertson disposed a cause ¦ '-le -iv cn Wednrt dav when heheu'd the case of the Nichol-Isle Pitrre far-'-------------°----------— W.s1 insft-.ne auains-. ihe >!e P:ev%ROBERT ENGLISH SEES school board to. enforce the collection of u>nt. When the Isle Pierre school district was organized some three years aso an arrangement was made no rent tlie favmei-V ins'itutr biiildip^ mr school purposes, to save the cost of. erecting a .school hu'.ldiiW. the ren- \ c ^ tal being fixed at $100 per annum, i ;nX Th, rent \va;- paid until the begmn-in;>- jn' cf the current year, when the school j f, board resisted further payment on the j H •ground the .building hi ure was known | A^nts of ;•¦ -p community hall and shculd bo available .for schcol as well as ether community purpos s. The action of the school board created quite a split, in tho community, and when the case came to trial last week nearly everyone in Isle Pierre who was foo:.-loo?,e -.',:¦; in attendance at the court-house. . The forces of the farrneK- insjitute j moUl^ and^n'oth"^^ ^SShop-; 11 U>'vL °ul. ".^^1 j-psrs have flbrie considerable damage.! i-.-.K'. expvejstJa himself as pleased with the ppoicress made 'n settlepient fhr'ouaheut the Central Interior, and is op'.fnvstic on thc outlook for all the wc-tern province?;. The wheat pros-poet, he says is very encouraging. In .some of the provinces there are areas in wh'eh there has not be^n sufficient 1' M i) branch ci the Royal Bank, arting on his career'. Johnstons. d:d not. remain very long with the bank, giving it up to en;or the federal -government service, being engaged for eighteen years in the immigration service at varibu'3 lislnts in the United States. He se^-iifri in Vancouver abo\it three years ; from then* to take charge -i nice George hotel. He. k s\irvived by h's widow., formerly Miss Louise Dawson. daughter of the late'W. E. Dawson. a former mayor of CharlotAp-town: I -wo'brothers. Henry, city engineer for Halifax, and re?idina at Lethbndpe: aild were marshalled .. Nichol. and those tf the sciiool board by. A. M. Dore. each sirle havins thR rdvantajre of legal talent, the farmers ire-cnt bv J. Q. Wilson, and ,. of school tiiistees by A. McB. .,. .... The decision of the court was (hnt the cch^c! board hnd ccntrncte-d in pav the rcn' end there was no escape from it. A.s the rent for the Jull ••'¦¦•ir.wa.s not due the judgment was for $70 of the full amount. ¦H'-TO. cf t Mai tin. in a s^tcr;. Mother Johnstonci of ^no Sacred Heart convent in St. Louis'. Missouri.. The funeral service? MAYOR L. D. TAYLOR PERSISTS IN RUNNING IN OMINECA_RXDING iv^avor L D, Taylor says he Ls earnest In his announced intention to Sn in Omineca riding as an Independent candidate against A. M Manson VC the presenJ sitting member: Sam-is already in the field as f t.he Bowser-ponaehy Tl i & Drake is now on. Tliis sale th« pr?at?s( runortunity in; VM J'P?'r fn"' baro-am hMnters. This j^J sweepn? rcdiictioni have been -¦««, everything in the large .Wtbeen marked down at ' ^ted to move the crcods. directed to the sale announce-00 Page six. Stc'.t. Chanes l-t. nwem. .. . Dickey. Harry Bowman and Wili'am Corbett. Tlie remains, were forwarded to Vancouver on fhercvening train accompanied by Mrs. Johnstone. ' J-* —"" '" she city or Taylor, being holding the pffic* a r.on-resident and f mayor of the city sssssE'sihiMiy exis'° a -k-n aridusly ;1S a candidate in extended to Mrs'. Johnstone bereavement. but on the whole the promise i.s fot a good crop and a fair price. Mr Enulisii dees no' see dollar wheai this year: as-the carry-over vof 200 000.000 bushels Will tend to prevent ths. but1 if the price holds at 65 cents, which ' it probably will, there will be n con- i sidecable profit margin for the pro-1 ducer. which cannot fal to-have its effect upon business in general. The \ price advance, in wheat came as a ¦ lucky break for. the wheat pool, and! for all wheat producers carrying their '; "vuroiiis. He instanced cne case which | hid come to his notice. That of a. farmer who had stored Ivs last year's i \«"heat in an elevator. The price^kep' falling until the elevator charges equal^j lod the m?rket value of the grain; and ' l"ft the farmer owinar thV^eleyatdr ; five ccn1s n bushel! .JPhtT owner lost : reach him" to serve necessary notices) j Then the market turned and when I Mr. English last heard of the matter the elevator company was owing the fanner five cents a bushel and the j latter stands a rood chance of mak- j Hie a very fa'r clean-up on a situation I which threatened to break liim. Norman Bennett arrived in i George on tills -morning's train i ^ >i>o rxst. accompanied by her-1 daughters. ...^ probable candidates in Vancouver. As the C.C.F. is equally opposed to the Tolmie and liberal parties there is more hope for a working alliance with the Bowser-Donaghy following than with cither Tolmie Unionists or the Liberals, the prcbabalities are said to favor the election t.f v. numljjr ol C.C.F. candidates. The non-party division of Bow.ser-Donaghy has but -.j'x candidates in the ¦field; but Mr. Bowser makes the statement nominations will be made in all of the constituencies during the ensuing-month. The most outstading of -the non-party nominations i.s that of Dr. G. A. B. Hall, who is to contest Nana'mo-Alberni with George S. Pearson, the .sitting Liberal for Nanaimo. Dr. Hall i.s no novice as a campaigner, having "had experience? in municipal and provincial politics in Nelson as well as.in Nanaimo. He is Mr. / Bowser's second-.lieutenRiit in the present- campaign, and will have a stiff fight on his hands with Mr. Pearson. So far the Tolmie Unionists have by,! iwr, candidate.-: ent-cvecl for the contest. .Premier Tolmie will run in his present riding cf Saanich, but i.s faced' with fqwrfdable eppositiprf. At-torney-Gener'al R. H. Pooley has been nominated in Esqiiiinalt and his election'is conceded.. The other ministerial candidates will probably include I Hon. Joshua Hinchliffe in Victoria. | He is by no means' as strong as when I he. first offered in Victoria, and may 1 probably have difficulty in making !. the grade. Hon. J. W. Jones will run in South Okanagan. He is a proven fighter but will carry a heavy handle cap in the financial leg'-slat^on which ¦ tihe necessities of the situation hav-i j forced durng the past two years. Hon. I R. W. Bruhn, minister of public works Ms expected to be a candidate in [ Salmon Aim. and Hon. w. A. McKen-I zie will run again in Similkameen. but they have not been definitely placed. The probabilities favor Mr. Bruhn c.-.i nuing his support of Premier Tolnu • and Mr. McKenzie iim-ning a-i an ¦Tndepedent. in view of \x's open ruptuVe with the government on its policy .of remitting charges in irrigation districts. It i.s predicted Mr. Bowser will show considerable strength' in Vancouver^, and adjoining ndinas. but it remain*? to be seen if the Liberal •¦-uppnrt r.e picks up will off-set the split he has made in the Conservative 'ranks. There \s talk of Mr. Bowser'runnins in Victoria a.s well as in'Vancouver, in which ?vent he plight p'ck up two of the four .seat-3 a.s Reginald: Hay ward the senior member will not support ...the "trrvcrnment. but will offer a.s an Independent. H. F. KERGIN LOSES LIBERAL NOMINATION FOR ATLIN RIDING Anyox. June 1/4—H. F. Kergin. who represented Xtlin in the legislature for the past, eight years, lost out today in the Liberal nominating convention to Wfir'am J. Asselstihe. The %uccf--sful candidate is employed rs mill superintendent for the Premier Gold Mining company! The convention was in session* two days before a decision was reached as to the candid?te of the party in the apprc&ching elections.