lerchants Seek Flat Rate For Window Ligfttin to tla Taylor is Empowered Work out Arrangement With Petitioners NFORCE SOW BYLAW rOvincial Police Requested to Check up Breaches in the Business Section tlir meeting ol the city council j vronday evening a petition signed n .jy.c-even merchants was sub-' %• requesting a concession in the i-ric light rate for the illumination -tore "windows. The members of ¦„•« council were sympathetic, and an fLt will be. made to work out a ' under which the merchants will «i warranted in making greater use : .he current in their windows. The mre tion of the merchan s was that !r. be given a flat rate of $1.00 for o watts, but in the d'sciussion of the ronosalit came out the making of a la n t'e might lead' to additional ex-Ke in 'he matter of the wiring of e business premises. T0 test the proposal out the c:un-:j instructed Alderman Taylor, chairman of the lighi committee, to ascer-ain the number of merchants who re prepared to contract on the basis • f r enc yen . > •jecure the. rate, and aL-,o whether -hey are | ;-,.: to make the necessary alters-j .- in the wiring of their prem'ses. 5 very desirable that the change brought about. The city has the over available, and if the exist'ng j (or store lighting is higher ihan .: ihants feel they can afford to v it should be possible to work out plan under which there would be :n increased consumption of current, hereby improving the appearance of She buiiness houses in the evenings, ¦ten a: a small loss in municipal light ¦eiiues of a few months in t he •ear. With respect to some of the; usiness premises it is said the in-roduct-'on of the flat rate caji oe ivide.H for at a very nominal cost,: lit in other cases where he cr-;t of , alteration cos s will present a riod of a year it is not cortsdered hf alterations ¦ costs''Will present a 'ormidable obstacle. Mickey Brown, secretary of the lEsketball club, submit'ed a request to ¦ ho council for free light'ng of the j tts-Kifer hall, bu the members of. ho counci] regretted inability to com-)ly with the request. The decis'on was reached to turn 'over to the city solicitor the list of j 'iro^r in arrears for trades' licences, dog licences and garbage collection fees, wth Instructions to proceed with the collection of the several amounts. The council also decided to bring to the attention of the provincial police the neglect of the provis'ons cf the city by-law calling for the removal of. snow and ice from the sidewalks in the business section of the city, and to request the enforcement of the same. Alderman Armstrong, cha'rmsn of the Better Housing committee, submitted a report with respect to the | Masson house, the purchaser of which kas permit'ed the same to revert to the city, and which has thereby become subject to disposal by the city. I e*ember 18t.h. to permit of consultation with the attorney-general's department. Al Young ha,s received a reply from Washington. D.C. regarding a Mallard weighing six pounds, which he Cluculz Lake. Tlvs mallard PRINCE GEORGE. PRINCE GEORGE TENDERS THANKS FOR MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION Mayor Patterson today .received he Ml.rvimr cable from Prince ueorffc in acknowledgement of the c-ly rouiioil's message felicitating he Duke and Duchess of Kent on their marriage today: Mayor, Prince G B. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER' 29, 1934 Five Centa liriirsh Columbia, Thc Duk<> and Duchess wish to thank the mayor and citizens of I ruice George for their kind telegram. GEORGE HENRY ISLAND~SEA . MONSTER IDENTIFIED AS BASKING SHARK Makes Big Fight for Telkwa Coal Great Measures Discovered by Indians Prior to Klondyke Gold Rush j Great Development Halted with Death of Charles M. Hays in Titanic Disaster Prince Rupert. Nov. 28—The sea monster, he remans of .which were lound on Henry Island, has been identifier ?.f p. B?sk:ng r.hark'. When found the birds Had been feeding upon the flesh of the monoter. . The remains were about thirty feet long and particles of skin attaching: o the b^nc-s Pi-anl: M. Dockril], manager of the Telkwa collieries, paid a visit to Prince George over the week-end to look into the possib'lities of the local coal market. He found little change in the situa ion from last winter. By reason of the superiority of the Telkwa coal over that shipped in from the AJberta nrnes the Telkwa collides had built up quite a trade wi h the provincial government and the city were covered w:th hair. The head j council of Prince George, but with the somewhat resembled that of a horse, j depression there came a shift on the Tt was conceded it would make a very part of 'he government and the city fair sea serpent. council to the use of wood instead of ') - coal, as furnishing a larger measure of employment and the securing of come return for a portion of the am- FORMER JUSTICE W. A. GALLIHER PASSED AWAY IN VICTORIA FRIDAY C.C.F. EXECUTIVE TO EXERCISE SUPERVISION OVER CANDIDATES ounts disbursed for unemployment relief. Mr. Dockrill has no quarrel with this decision of "he provincial ,- ,,........ i ^nd municipal authorities, although it Vancouver. Nov 28-Thc provincial has ^ted in cutting into the volume ceucUvc of the C. C. P. proposes o, of hLs company-s sales< Incidentally Frank Dockrill is getting old. and with the years have come suff'e'ent kn-o-cks to enable him to build Victoria, Nov. 24^—Former Justice Wiiram A. Galliher passed away here yesterday. The late Mr. GallLher was in poor health for the past two years. He re ired from the Court of Appeal bench about a year ago. He was of fine phyaique and was known to hi." intimates as "Big Bll." He took pari. as a youth in the Nile campaign as one of the Canadian Voyagers. He becam-s a resident of British Columb'a abou1' forty years ago where he had a legal partnership with P. E. Wilson. K. C: Later he carried West Kootemy for the Liberals in the federal house and from this was appo'nted to the Court of Appeal bench. ------------------------o ¦ -------------- Canadian Bank of Commerce Closes Local Branch Was Opened in Prince George by Thomson Ogg in Boom Period 14 Years Ago PART OF BIG MILL PLAN is the Home for Certified Seed Remarkable Showing Made at Fair in. Prince George on /November 20-21 cxeuctivc 01 trio C. C. ,F. propo: exercise supervision over the choice of candidates 'n the app/oachinc federal flections by C. C. F. conventions. The C. C. F. district association will be required to submit a Ye of [-u7Ere'sted r-Tdidaie.s and the same will bt- reviewed by the provincial executive before nomination can be made. In tlvs way it is proposed to prevent the nomina ion of candidates not acceptable to the provincial executive. fURY REQUIRED TWQ HOURS TO ACQUIT IN THE INSULL CASE Frank just missed becoming a coal \ | arrangemen 1 business of baron of some importance, and he is , f the bank Saturdav not altogether convinced he has missed his mark. He has it figured out ihe breaks will not always be against him and his ventures. In his opinion the Telkwa coal fields are the CContinued on Page 2) -------------o------------- NEW FARMERS' MARKET Policy of Provincial Government in Fostering Production is Now Bearing Fruit The dis ricts cIgsc to Prince George were well represented in the ieed fair held in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 20 th and 21st, and what is of g/eater significance they carrid off a heavy percentage of the prize.:. Of the seven y ce.tiled seed entries, fifty came from the d stricts closest to Prince George, and carried off twenty-eighi'j of the hiity-n'ne prizes awarded. G. A. Luyat, district agriculturist at Williams Lake, who acted ns -".d'^e f the exhibi:s, spoke highly of the quality and seed exhibited, making special references to classes he considered as being of special merit. There were eleven en r es in the oat class and they constituted an exccllen. display. While the wet fall-weather resulted in a majority of the samples bein:c somewhat discolored, they were. never:he-le.c:s, of excellen quality. The leading variety was V'ctory, and the winning sample exceptionally fine. It was produced by Fletcher and Holt, of Ques-this intention was given the customers I nel. and weighed 45 Its. to the bushel. Closing is Due to Policy of the Chartered Banks To Cut Number of Branches Tomorrow the Canadian Bank of i Commerce will withdraw its branch up a comfortable philosophy b k from pd G N . f nd of an under which the local the Canadian Bank of Northern Reef Met Success on McDougall River Chicago, Nov. 26—Samuel Irisull, h:s sen and fifteen c'her defendants were! acqu ttcd on Saturday on the cliarge j of being implicated in he 5143.000.000 : mail fraud. The brief time mken by the jurors to arrive at the'r ve -diet < cf acquittal was the chief .'.ub;ect of ' ,. o , .vr i- c ^ comment. The jurors were ready wi h Next Season s Washing fcxpect-their verdict In two hours. U. S. Dis- j trict Attorney Dwight H. Green inf.- i mates he is prepared to drop all other | c'harg'cs agai'ns Instill un o •; At o ney- > General Homer Cummings directs! otherwire. It is said In;ul! plans to ed to Earn Dividends for Company Shareholders Th? Northern Reef Gold Mines Lim- ..... ^ i...... % ted of Victoria, has Issued a report return'to"Eiigland^and make his'home I to its shareholders covering the work there for the future. He st'll retains ; carried on during the past summer m nn extensive country house in England . the . development of the company s Mar in Insull, brother cf Samuel is j property on he McDougall river m scheduled to go on trial on Monday; the McLeod River mining section The ,,nvt nrw nn ^hmimwi' chwp in work was performed under thc dTec- 1 tion of F. B. Chettl?bui-O'h, field lan-I ager, and involved an expenditure of 1 $41,216 for wages, equipment and I supplies. In his report on the season's accom-| plishments Manager Chet leburgh says the results of the ground testing ex- The spring wheat class was almost as clossly ccnte.s od. with ten entriss in all. The quality of the wheat was J? Th? wi i Par^ularly ^ood the samples, w'th ?, . of tne Royal hardly an exception, shownc no si p eppn PATR TO | been enjoyed from the Canadian Bank ' J- ° v ; of Commerce. While i must be considered a mat- i ter for regret that the Canadian Bin': of Commence feeLs 'mnrlied to close | its Prince Geor: : >r h. H nuiot bo ¦ remembered th.- d'soioion has been I forced r.-s the result of bahkmg condi- i tions 'hroughout Canada. Three, year.-, pT/dur-?d by D. T. Greene, of Quick. Tlvs trrain went 65 lbs. to the bu~hel. There were five entries in the alsike clover class, all pre'ty much on a par, but :he three pr'zr>7 wen' to Wcod- iContinued on Page 5) -------------o------------- BE HELD IN VANCOUVER DECEMBER 10th TO 12th Announcement :-s made in this issue of the holding of the annual B. C. Seed Fair in conjunc ion with the B. C. Winter Fa:r at the exhibition grounds, Vancouver. December 10th to 12th. The fair this year is being next on an embezzlement charge in which Samuel Insull and his son are ipintlv charged. There is some uncertainty as to whether thc ease will bsJ proceeded with. ago the chartered banks of Canada realized they had over-expanded; that there existed a greater number of j held under the combined auspices of branches than the banking requre- j the B. C. department of Agriculture ments of the dominion justified, and j and :he Dominion Seed Branch in more than the requirements of Cana- i co-operation with the Vancouver Ex-da would justify for years to come. ! hibition Association. CUNARD CO. PLANS CROSSING ATLANTIC IN 96 HOURS London. Nov. 23—The Canard-White Star Company has worked ou: a .schedule for its new vessel the Queen Mary Sinc-e this time, through a system of c-aw-offs, the banks have agreed between themselves for the closing of branches at points in which they found themselves in compet:tion for business insufficient in volume to war- ceeded all expectations. The highest rant th(? cominuance of an. values revealed in the test'ny o, he previous year had been S2.14. whle during the past season values as high as $9.40 per cubic yard had been se- . cured. Alonp the maLn river, on While unwarranted duplica :cn of branch banks has been the nrirnrry cauce for the unsatisfactory s'turt-on In view of the h'gh quality of seed which C3ii be produced in this~provinc3 the main task now Ls to educate B. C. residents 'o purch"-3e home-grown seeds whenever possible. In these da>*s every effort should be made to encourage home industry, and ;t is hoped the public generally will visit the annual seed fnr and give every possible encouragemen!; to the p:o- th? chartered banks, the p oceed- j ducers of B. C. seeds. lease^ cgi 692. tests of one yard ings to bring about the es ablishment of the Central Bank of Canada have aiiys property. a progressive curtailment of note s- A stnking percentage of gold recov- sues bv lhc chartcred bailks this jns_ j j iocai origin he source knots, or four miles an hour fastei ,.or(d vAvc a trUe representation oi tence mi h; have bepn jir>tified than the average for the fastest At- thegraveb on the lower benches rJong through their abilitv t0 place in cir. Jantic crossing ever made. Tns is the ,h£1 rlver. and covering the upper culation the notes of the parent bank first estmate that hrs been made ol three-quarters of a mile of the. com- «but as the Centra] Bank con'emplates the Queen Mary's probable speed. Ac- ... pl.opol-ty, a progressive curtailment of note :s- tually. it Is pointed out. 'he vessels ......• -! reserve power is great enough to drive erecj the ship 34 to 35 knots, which must imqUe-.tionably be reached at times :o mainta n its tnisive of a'verage. Passengers will be able to lunch in Cherbourg on Saturday agd Vipye »c\ in New York'on the following Wednesday afternoon. ^~1' appears was banded Chil- {wack, B, c. by Mr A. J Butler, band ^°. 34-6OG.818 "on 17th February 1934. ^formation received was very -r'. and Mr. Young has sent a reque.j| nskin»- for f.]r ner "infOnna-"on- being Of the opirfon the duck wes L1Cn older than one year. JKeiit his week that he is now located nlc,^1: n "v- preny-; .- r.l bhr c >m r of £"' :'""l Pin(Xview on the eveivng of ¦p- day, Deccmlx>r 12th. -!c RAILWAY REVENUES SHOW GAIN ON FIGURES FOR THE YEAR 1933 local origin, he- sourc being a regional m-magn'tud.e. Work was performed on a quartz vein 24 feet wide -p,d outcropping intermittently for a distance of -'¦-' miles. Values rancr'nT from J0 cents [o S14.40 per ton have boon encountered ai various places on ] what is known as the mfl/n reef. Th- of open cuts, stripping ^ was started on the in the form Montreal. Nov. 28—The revenues of f.VC.PR f-"1!' the firs ten months of the y pp Jmprovemcnt of $4.onnooo nn the co re?i»nding' Period for the previous ,..,,,. The Canadian Development Pearl and Rub of a 50-f Find-at the bottom of thi.s a 50-foot , .,,,-.,,, . n cross-cut. Tliis work is being continued -ear »P?^ rSnSS^iS^n" during the win or by a crew of four men. In- the waj -nilcs of cruised, clcni Graded irhd tificatibn nn longer remains for many cf the smaller branch banks. In the circular which he issued o the de-positors or the local branch cf the Canadian Rank or Commerce on Saturday manager F. A. Mathe-^n sets out thai during recohl years there bren :; steady decline in bank rnings generally throughou! Cana-and this hn-3 necessarily resulted •Continued on Page Slx> At. cntion is d"'rected to the fact that the time for entries closes on December 3rd. Prize li.cts will be available on writing the field crops commissioner, department cf agriculture, Victoria. B. C. DEFAULTING CASHIER GETS PRISON TERM FOLLOWING CAPTURE Chicago. Nov. 27—Nicholas Schwall, GREAT BRITAIN MOVES WOOLWICH ARSENAL TO MORE SAFE LOCATION 1he absconding bank w captured in the wood-Wisconsin, where he ha: the life of a hermit, wn. serve two years in prise to thc woods Schwall av tacts, but eventually to qua'ntance of a carp- r buildiiv.r a summer cot ¦ fi'ded in thc ~a p?nter induce the lat-t r i >. m k Schwa'.rs cache. He f i loot hier who was of northern b en l^ad np; sentenced to i. On "akin?' jided pll cbn-¦med the ac-or who was ige. He c n-rxi'ff'c'e-nt to ¦ a -rrcii for nd it end is V wi'h the With Nationa reve- nues for the me period !v O']" m ?how a in ~- of ;ra H C GOVERNMENT TO MAKE PROBE INTO COST OF FUEL AND GAS Tf'ri irin Nov 23—The provincial ",!,¦,¦',,'¦. iS to ir.-i ituic a probe ;''• J",;;..1,:, ¦" of nroduction and sale and ¦HIT jenera] deve .-.- road h sUiniiped, jridgeri, Three iti-nq 630 feet in from 5 to 11 lopme a-s be prca er part of • he spoils cone Schwall was ccnyi surrender and t ike his nentenca. his to A Hi k a oi "r.Trv program followed by a •1'-! bo presented in the Wood-"all tomorrow evening. During n'ng there will bc :> ^aff'0 r">r l'he proceeds of which will b« nJt. society. Tlie ladies are re-to bring refreshments. into riric :\r.\(] near tune to hav nipt l>?fore repairing his d gasol n:\ cribbed ]sng h.. f-ot in heifrhfc, have been cens meted. In addition a trestle 248 feet long, and 16 feet high, with a 36x3(1 flume- of wh'p-sawn lumber, planed, tongued and grooved, had been built. Commenting1 upon the results achieved dunns: the pas', summer Field Manager ChetUeburgh reported: "Tlie owns ex?'ndria had the nrsfor-hLs residence bum down undertaking the job chlmrioy with brick vlintr. who has been a homer, values are .there, .and the actual total Fafe from aerial invasion. Aroas in I ->ndon Nov. 2G—Tlie Royai Arsem! pt Woolwich, the government's huge I munition factory xm\ a)-mament store j SENATOR NYE IS STILL hi the south bank of the Thames, ppApnrjT OVFR SIGNS which is directly in 'he line of fl'srht ^fcAK' UL uv l-K a^™& oi continental aircraft, is to be re- OF IMPENDING WAR moved to the west coast, according to The Daily Herald. Swathmore. Pa.. Nov. 23—Unit-d The final dec'sion has been taken: States Senator Gerald P. Nve.. chsir-by the comml tee on imperial defense | man or he riiunit'ons irivrotio-afon. and the cabinet, which dispitrh? rfut-break of the world war. repairing his cmmnc>____- j cumulate as the washing progresos. cen-ernl reorganiaztion and redistribu- n'ppj voters' Us ¦ i° r ,,-ho h"s been md there is every reason to art':icir>->te !ion of the nation's mun:tk>ns and air- first meeting a Henry Kpu? ntai "j^-r hO3Djtal snf- that the gold secured from the 1935 craft factories being carried out m imr of Monday confined in the ^"IfP** ' .r j_ re- operations will pay dividends nsx'- >OTi>chuence of the development, of pnbspcniFn' da'. g^Tp^&v^v^'ISPi." I bobbing aircraft." I cOmp,«ed. Mayor Patterson and Alderman Od;i> nd Crpcker h^ve been co^-~' nt"^ a of revis'on t°> ko over tlie mim*- voters' list. They will hive their f?rst mFftinT at R c-'clo-ck on the eren-in-sr of Monday, December. 10th and at .es until the revision is