PRINCE GEORGE CI
Premier Pattullo Defended Policy Friday Evening
Expla*ns His Opposition to the Application of Farmers' Creditors Legislation
BETTER TERMS ISSUE
Tariff and Adverse Freight Rates prevent Development in British Columbia
PRINCE GEORGE, B.  C.        THURSDAY. JULY 11, 1935
Five Ceno
Stevens Will Try to Form Another Political Group
This is Taken to Explain Interview in Which He Takes Issue With Government
Ai miuiy people as could be crowded" into the dining room of the Shasta cafe gathered there on Friday evening to attend the luncheon of the beard of trade and greet the g-u< i i-peaker in the person of -Premier Fiittullo The premier was making a swing through the cent ml part of the province. He had S]>ent s: me time in his constituency ol Prince Rupert and spoken at points between Prince Rupert and this city from where he went down the highway to Queonel. He has many friends in Prince George and h:.s reception was most cordial.
In his address to the members of the local board of trade Premier Pattullo made it evident he was piea.sed to be back in Prince George. He had all of his old-time vigor in siK-aking, but there was a hoarseness to his voice -which suggested much talking. There was another notice-ible difference. When the premier last addressed a Prince George audi- '¦ ence he devoted most of his time to telling them what he proved to do to, remedy conditions. On Friday night the greater part of his speech tas devoted to a defence of policies is connection with the building oi • ¦ bricge across the Fraser river' .• Now Westminster, his opposition to the Farmers' Creditors Arrange-ment Act. and the finding of an additional $1,500,000 fcr highway improvements throughout the province in addition    to  the    usual    district
BENNETT   IS   WEAKENED
Premier Can Gather No Votes on Pi ice Spread Enquiry
Mr Pattullo said he had made but p'edses during the last, provincial elections, that he had made good :¦¦   of   them,   and   would  make good on  the other.    His first pledge 1 ¦-; I- do with the restoration of the constituency  of Columbia,    and   two weeks after the opening of the legislature the  Liberal   member   for  the r>re:ablished constituency  had  taken his seat.     His   other  pledge   had to do with   the  building  of  a   new   ....          r ~Z       .           ^
bridge across    the • Fraser    at  New  Marketing or Siirolus at Present
-  IN 3PAL CHARGES
Q'ty is Being Saddled with Cost
tor Relief of Applicants Not Bonn-Fide Residents
/^ f^tter-.un lias been request-, ; ;V e members of the city council j- take up with the provincial relief
\vM V''p(>"    thp  £l:ecial    disabilities >< .1 i rince George labors under In
u-e^ administration   of   relief.   These go back   to   time   of the.
of    relief    applicants.,                           ___.__
scores  o!   the   applicants   for   relief '¦¦ W;-.i   c-                 tt        t             f
were "drifters1.1, that Ls they had no : Wlt" Stevens as rree Lance the
fixed place of abode but designated |
iruice   George    as   their     place   of1
aorrvcile   with   the    result  that   the |
mimic pality has since been saddled'.
vntn a substantial part of their iui- I
employment relief cost.                       i
Mayor Patterson has been seeking j relief  from  this  disability   for  some! t'me. He has interviewed Hon. H   G.I Perry.  Hon.   G.  M.  Weir,    and   last vwk Premier Pattullo. They have all | been more or less sympathetic to the j "t>:e-entaticns  of  the   municipality, but no progress was made to the goal! of an adjustment. On Monday night j the   matter   as   threshed   out   again.! and it was decided to request Mayor Patterson   to again   take   the   matter up with the provincial relief authori- j t'es and  get the city's  claim  on re- ! cord.     A   suggestion   was   made   on! Monday evening that Mayor Patter-] sor>  should   pay  a   visit   to   Victoria and   make   personal    representations in  the   matter,    but    this  was later withdrawn to permit of dealing with bhe problem in a preliminary way by correspondence,  with  a  trip to Vic-toria to be considered later.
Some months ago the provincial authorities accepted responsibility in :i number of relief cases in which Prince George was shown as the nominal domicile of the relief recipient, but in a subsequent re-cheeking of the lists a number of the cases were again returned to the municipal lists, and the liability of the city increased substantially. The city has never contested its liability with respect to bona.-flde residents in the matter of relief, but considers it is on firm ground in askine that it be relieved of responsibility in cases in which the relief applicant, had not actual domicile in Prince George prior to the registration for relief.
BRITISH ENGINEER CHECKING- AVAILABLE WATER FOR BIG PROJECT
Fred P. Burden Predxts That Wingdam Will Become Big Cariboo Gold Producer
SLUMP  IN WORLD PRICE OF WHEAT IS CAUSING
MUCH UNEASINESS
• • ¦-"'v.r. ter.     and     he    \va.s    going aiirod with this in spite of the dif-: :ultiet   which   had   been   placed   in hi   wav.    He intimated   it   was  sip-- nificant that  in  all   thai   had  been said in denunciation of his policy of building the bridge at New Westminster there were none who contended n new bridge was not necessary, and had the government   adhered closely to the load limitation  of  eight   tons the  demand     for   the    new   bridge would have been even stronger than it had been.    The  financing of  the '""<;¦''¦ expenditure had bren rendered ixissible throuah the action of the company  with   which     th<>   contract had been placed in agreeing to take B-  C,  securities,   bearing  interest   at 3 Per cent, on account cf their contract price.   Mr. Pattullo said he had not   been   in   favor  of   :i   toll   bridee 'nit   there    was   no   other     way   in which   the   structure    could   be   financed, and  after  nil  it   meant   the c^>t, of the  bridce would  ultimately be paid  for bv  thos~ who used   the bridge,    chiefly    industrialists     and tourists.    Mr. Pattullo went  into  all ''"'' details of the bridge contract, but his listeners  were  not keenly interested in the bridge controversy.
In connection with the. proposed expenditure of $1,500,000 for the improvement of highways throughout the province Mr. Pattullo said thi.v expenditure would be financed with t!le interest which had accrued on the government sinking fund accounts. Usually this interest money be re-invested but it had not this year and would be used on the government's highway improvement program. The premier expressed regret at having mislaid a memoranda dealing with the allocation.- of 'he money made available for highway improvements, as otherwise he would have been able to state just ^nat part had been assigned to the Fort George riding in- addition to 'he usual district vote.
The premier vigorously defended his action in opposing the application of the Farmers" Creditors Arrangement Act in this province. Ho admitted the Jurisdiction of the fed-eral government in bankruptcy legislation, but suggested there was m°re in  the   act    in   question   than
Ottawa,     July   9—Hon.   H.   H. Stevens, former minister of trade and  commerce in    the    Bennett administration,   today   confirmed the report  he  bad  been  offered and had accepted the leadership of a new political party, the name of  which will  be announced   on Friday when its manifesto to the electors will be_ issued. Mr.   Stevens said  arrangements   for   the organization  of   the new   party are      now  well   under  way,  and that the personnel of the executive officers for the several provinces   may   be   expected   within the next few days. Ottawa,  July 8—Thu  Hon.  H.  H. Stevens   has   definitely  broken   with .   the Conservatives under the leadership of Premier Bennett is the construction  placed upon   the  interview given by the former minister cf trade and   commence   on   Saturday.     Justj what his program for the immediate future  will be Mr.  Stevens has declined  so  far   to  state,  but   he   has gone  so   far   In  his   insistence   that! big business in the dominion must be ! disciplined,    that it has become impossible   for   h,a   to   team   up   with Premier Bennett in the approaching federal   elections,    Mr.   Stevens says the  question  for  Canadians  to  ponder ever is:  "Shall Canada economically contnue to be dominated by a small powerful group which controls credit and industry, or .shall we adopt a  middle course of reasonable  regulation  of those powerful interests  to the   benefit   of   the     country   as   a •    whole?"
This stand  Is  taken   as the  result of   the   failure   of   '.he   Conservative administration   to   treat     the  recommendations of the price spreads commission   with   sufficient   seriousness. Mr.   Stevens   charges   the   action   off the   government   in   this   connectipr" Ls half-hearted, but Prem'er Bennett J and   members   of   his   cabinet   akserl j the  government  has  aone a^  far  a.s | its   limitations   will   permit,   and   for | the moment  there appears no possibility of bridging  the breach.
In his rather famous interview Mr Stevens ventilates a further grievance he has with the Bennett ad-j ministration. He takes very advanced-ground in his condemnation of the j government for its handling of the j unemployment relief situation. In j April last he made representations to j the government that it •.should pro- ! crcd with a highway construction | policy through British Columbia, to cover the Trans-Canada highway as : well as highways to the dominion's i national paries, the work to be fin- ! anced by the issue of bonds at a low ; rate of interest. Some work of this j nature is new proceeding, but Mr. Stevens is of the opinion the govern- , ment program is not suffie'ently com- I prchensive to make any considerable1 impress upon the unemployment! .situation.
In  political c ivies  the view  is accepted that Mr Stevens contemplates j (tie forming of a new political party, i Thi-">   would   split   the   Conservatives wide   open.   The   ex-nV-nister   would doubtless   find   considerable   support] among the Conservatives.    His  plat- ; form   would   probab!}?   round    up   a considerable   voto     whicjh   otherwise I would   go   to   the   C.C.F.   candidates. : and  there 's an element in the Liberal party to which the Steven--; program would make an appeal, but a= \ for securing a major following in the j .nest parliament the possibility is not i seriously considered.
Fred P. Burden, who has be.:n in charge of the preliminary work on the hydro development on Swamp river, motored up the highway from Quesnel on Friday. His many friends will be pleased to learn he has completely recovered from his serious illness and is again as fit as ever. Mr. Burden said he was not in a position to discuss matters connected with the prosecution of the hydro development, which had been virtually suspended s:nce the break between the promoters and the management of the Cariboo Gold Quartz other than to say the continuation of hydro development appeared to him to be a logical sequence. Admittedly there Ls a certain assured power capable of development, but as the niana.gem.ent of the Cariboo Gold Quartz hnd announced the breach in the original agreement had altered the plane, and might result in some delay in the prosecution of the project.
Aside from hydro development the mines cf the Barkerville camp must depend upon diesel engines for their power, and with waterpower .at hand it can only be a -question of time until it is made available. Mr. Burden says highly satisfactory development is proceeding at the Wing dam property, and that in his opinion it will soon become the big gold producer in the Barkerville area. Although the management says it is only on the fringe of its best ground it Ls now taking out approximately 120 ounces per week, and should soon be into big production.
With respect to the hydro development Mr. Burden says the British promoters now* have an engineer on
Thomas Moore Was Drowned in Nechako River
 *nto Fast-Running Water at Miworth    Friday   Night   and
Not Seen Again
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In the Growing Darkness It Wrs Impofs blc lor Those Near to Render Assistance
Thomas' Mcore. an old-time resident of the district lc=t his life irt the Necliako river on Friday evening in the vicinity of Miworth. Moore, who has been farming a part of tho land included in the mining lease of the Nechako Golds, was fraternizing with a number of friends in the party of Premier Pattullo which paid a visit to the Necliako Golds operations following, the meeting of the Prince George board of trade in this city. The visitois had all returned from the north side of the river and a number of them, liad made their way up the hill when the fatality occurred. At the point uae<i for ferrying across the river the Nechako runs swiftly, with deep water close to a steep bank. The river boat had been pulled up on the river shingle, but to reach it one had to go down a steep slope in the bank. Apparently Moore gathered too much momentum in proin-g1 down the .slope in his attempt to teach the boat. He stepped into it. but his momentum caused the boat to tilt and he went over the side into the swift-flowing stream. The accident happened in a f'.a^h. There was no splash or outcry and it. was  a   moment or  two before  these
able data a.s to probnble water supply The situation Ls somewhat unusual in j that   the    streams  from    which  the I water   would   be  drawn   are   for   the j most   part   glacial-fed.    making   the \ most  const-ant soxtrce  of supply,  although   readings   are     not   available for more than one year the source of supply   in  his  ((pinion  will  be  fully satisfying   when   the   local   situation has   been    again   inspected    by   the British   engineer.
Dean Clement in Interesting Talk Adult Education
Price    Would  Mean    Loss  of Roughly 513,500,000
Winnip •<:. July 10—The wheat market was shaky today with July quoted p| 80 nnd August at 80-\. or roughly s:x cents below the cost of the 225.-ttoo.000 bushels represented in the carry-over held by the dominion government, and there is fear in some quarters the price will dip still lower. The slump in the price is s<rd to be due to uneasiness as to the probable action of the wheat ponl in the disposal of the carry-over, there being rumors or an intention to throw the surplus on the market and take the holding less before this year's crop is available. Premier Bennett sought to d'spel this fear bv '•eiterntir"T his previous statement he had no thought of dumping the surplus wheat on the market at fire-sale prices.
The   probablity   that   the   govern-j ment   will   take   a   very   considerable lc-;s as the result of its pegg'nq  and j holding   wheat     now     npnrouiies   ai certainty.   Reports   from   the   wheat-J growing   provinces     indicates   some-! thins: in the nature of a bumncr crop Of   from     350.000 000     to     400000,000 j bushels:   This figure may yet be cut. but   !t   will   still   remain   ,i   big   crop nnd result in forcing down pries in view of the greatly increased carry-over.    Market experts assert  th'?  favorable   prospect   for   the   marketing o-f  the  Canadian   surplus  which  ex-i-ted  a   few  months    ago  has   f?drd from the picture, and even should -'> {                           —<>-------------
bc possible to move the exist-in?   ^FEDERAL ELECTION DATE !      .  ™imnnUv  interests   and   to  get! t>lus at 80 cents it would mean a loss ,                                                                    of  community   interests,  ana   u>  ge_c |
£  the   federal  government   ol   $n.-   ANNOUNCED SEPT. 23rd
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AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT DEFERS ACTION ON THE HAMBURG FSTATES
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of the Farmers' Creditor; Act had not been through lack of a desire to farmers. All governments sh Columbia had given evi-of their desire to help the making of fanners"
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nouncem* nt was made today that the federal elections aviM tp^e place on Monday, September 23. The announcement is not official but it i* believed the date has brcn decided upm.
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VANCOUVER RIOTS COST MUNICIPALITY #50,000 FOR POLICE
Vancouver, July 10—The recent disturbances 'n this city have cost (¦»->*> niunic'naUtv an additional $50.-000 for police services. Mayor Mc-Greer say»3 the money for the extra police services was found in the unexpended balances in connection with municipal bylaws.
Seattle. July 10—The strike of the lumber workers on the Pacific coast has resulted in a loss of trade amounting to $17,000,000 and has transferred 1200 men from, payrolls to state relief.
the ground, checking  over all avail- j    on the river bank realized Moore load
gone into the river. He could not be seen in the gathering darkness, but within a minute or -so an obiect ' was seen about 150 fe?t from the boat which may have been Moore. This disappeared quickly, and nothing further was seen of the victim of the. accident.
Moore had been a resident of the dLstrict since 1912 and had seen service with the Canadian troops in the World War. He Ls said to be -survived by a widow and grown-up family living in the state of New York.
The Nechako Golds makes use of two boats in ferrying the river at nhi.s point, a. large one and a small one As the1 company was engaged in washing with its big plant Premier Pattullo was'induced to pay a visit to the scene of operations at the close of hs address to the members of the Prince Qeorge board of trade in the Shasta Cafe. The ten-mile run out to Miwortih was made in a short time, but when Premier Pattullo viewed the river, the gathering darkness and the facilities for crossing, he elected to remain on the south bank. A few cf the party went across the river in the small brat and about a dozen in the larger boat
In returning the men in the larger . boat had a thrilling experience. la the darkness something struck the boat's propeller, shearing the pin. There were twelve men in the boat, when it was rendered powerless and they faced a very awkward" predicament in the jjossibility of beina: thrown into the river or of being carried down stream. Fortunately the boat lodged on a gravel bar near the north shore, whore repairs could be made to the kicker and the crossing was made of the river, but until the repairs were made ihs visitors had a very anxious time. It was after the crossing: had been made that Moore stepped into the boit to return to the north bank, fell Into the river and was drowned.
HERMAN <S. GROTH
GETS EIGHTEEN MONTHS .
FOR STEVENS ASSAULT
Herman G. Groth. the German farmer charged with assaulting Sain Stevens with a farrier's hammer and causing a fracture of the skull, was found' guilty on Wednesday and sentenced by Judge Robertson to eighteen months imprisonment. The cause of the assault was the refusal of Stevens to permit Groth to remove his ten in from the blacksmith shep until he paid for the shceina While Stevens was tying the houses up Groth attacked him with the hammer, striking him over the head and knocking him down. When Stevens attempted to get up otf the floor.Groth hit him another bio* with the hammer, knocking him down  again.
Appearing  before  Judge  Robertson
Dean  F   M.  Clement, of  the  University of B. C. delivered an interest—. mur address  at   the  luncheon of  the j local  board   of  trade  on Wednesday] afternoon on the subject "Adult Ed- j ucation."     the   function     being   attended by a number of ladies as well j as board members.   The speaker said. the   primary  object,   of   his   present visit  to  this section of the province i wps to find out just what the people j are  thinking  about,    and    especially what   their  attitude   is  toward  adult education,    which  covered  education extension   for    persons  beyond    the! school age.    What  was contemplated | was   not     necessarily   an     academic course,   but   instruction   along   lines j indicated   by   the   Hoed   of  enquiries' beinff  received  at   the   university.   Of these   enquiries     he   said   the   more common   might   be  covered  in   three classifications,   enquiries   as   to   current     happenings     throughout     the world     enquiries   on   economic   mat-1 tors,   and  enquiries     for  specific   in- ! struction  and  assistance en  agricul-1 tural problems. In addition there rnd , been  many  requests  from   the  ladv--: for instruction on first-aid and home j nursing, as woll as in arts and emits I the aids which make for th" comforts i in life    With the cb-cpernt'on rf thc I dcDartment  of education it   is howi these  aids   can  be -supplied   tnr'ousrh : the   medium   cf   adult   education,   it j was expected to work through two or I three   of   the   more   hmwtant   community organizations, such as might
h«    rrn'T'eft^Uve    of    n    crOPS-   "   *
EOing   during
the   work winter.
Dean Cement pbM ho *H nr( r«. pert in the venv short t:"i« ft Ui-disposal to be able to crystatize the thought of his listener1' o" *^e t=ul>-iect of ndi'lt pin ration, flthonsrh t.n his mind the exMhvr econom'c stt-uat'on i'1 Cpnoda constituted th" opportunity of the century. H^ os-Wi his listeners to look back ond spp what had been going ort in Cana^ during the first fifteen v<js*- rf *K-renturv. and to corvo-»re th^ -v;*^ the situation tod^y. M^n-"- wmid r"-member the wars iflnn-is. when t.h« slogan was "Go We^t Yo^n^ Mar" with the great movement of th-^ bovs . and girls from the eastern province';
At this time there were aDproximat-p- ,    Q   '     "t    £  the   witness   stand   ami
told a fanciful story that he had been attacked by Stevens and S. C. Nielson. that Stevens had the hammer In his hand nnd Nielson a piece of iron. He said he wrested the hammer from Stevens and struck him over the head in self de/ence.
P. E. WMson. K. C. appeared for the prosecution and A. McB. Young for the defence.
ly 40,000 boy>3 and girls from the eastern provinces moving annually into the west to hu'ld un the fr-"-new provinces. This went on for fiftee-n years, v-ith the we*t pfeadih' p.bporbin? the surplus population of eastern Canada. There were some oeor>le who came into the new pro-v'roes from Great Britain and for-e'.m countries, but the great bulk of" settlement was d^^wn from the ttd       rage 8W