¦<.*. 'V^' City Cai-toft 4 Trmftr DREAMLAND THEATRE Home of "Paramount" Moturtt VOL. 2., No. 5 PRINCE QEOROB. BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1822 City Is Unable to Grant ~ ^OYD CEORGEIN ACT1™ Further Hospital Assistance 92.00 A YEAR Mr. C. W. Ferry, representing the Hospital Board, attended the meet ing of the city council last night and asked that the council pay to the building account of the hospital the sum of $2100,. representing the dif ference better, the sums authorizet to be borrowed for building the hospital and the addition to same, am the amount realized-from the sale oi the bonds. He stated that all the money in the building account had been paid out and there was still a substantial balance to be paid 'the contractor. It was impossible, he sp.id, for the board to pay for. build-inc out of current revenue. The board had to borrow money from the bank to make a, payment on the building. ' Mr. Ferry pointed out tliat by a section of the Munieipiil Act the city could issue debentures to realize the amount authorized to be borrowed. May Close Hospital. Jr. concluding his remarks, Mr. Ferry stated that it was impossible for the hospital to carry on if the board have to pay for the building. If the city could not come to the aid of the hospital in this matter, it would practically mean the closing of the institution. Mr. Ferry stated that at the next board meeting he would advocate closing the hospital. The city solicitor, Mr. P.E.Wilson, in reply to'questions from the council, stated that the .city was under no liability to pay the hospital the difference between the amount authorized to. be'borrowed and the usm realized froni the sale of bonds. After .some discussion, on motion of Aid. Ahvard, it was resolved that the city regretfully refuses to recognize the hospital %claim, as the state of the city finances will not allow further borrowings. : ,:. Du ch The Athletic-, for a jiva-year : kaaftMif ¦ Duchess Purlc, also permission tanfonce a P. $(§rit*of the #ark';'t"*The"mSfter ¦'-" fencing was to enable.the .association to reailze more revenue, as the association had been to great expense in- putting the grounds in first class condition and in bringing in ' outside teams to play. In connection with fencing a petition signed by residents adjacent to the park protesting- against the building of the fence was read. In support of the petition several ratepayers were present including Frank Moffatt, C. W. Ferry and, Paul Wieland. From the discussion it developed that the ratepayers were under a misapprehension as to just what manner of fence the association intended ' to erect. They were under the impression that an eight-foot fence was to bo built entirely around the park. Mr. A. Wimbles for the association, explained that it was only intended to run n fence form the bleachers to the scoreboai'd ' arid from the grandtsahd'to near the school. Thi3 explanation put a different complexion on the matter as far as the ratepayers were concerned, and it is thought that the*question will be so adjusted as to meet with the approval of all concerned. The fence matter was referred back to the association to prepare a plan showing where the fence is to be located and to present it at the next regular council metting. City's Population 290? The city clerk received a letter from the Dominion bureau of stat- istics in reply to his inquiry as to what the city's population was ae cording to the last census. The bur eau official stated that the prelimin ary estimate was 290. Jt was mov cd that the city clerk write protesting against this ridiculous statement and point out that a grievous error had been made. In connection with the matter of population the Liquor Control Board wrote stating; that they had nothing to do with the apportionment of liquor profits, as this was done by the government. The city clerk was instructed to write the attorney-general's department to ascertain on what population the government based this/ity't share of the liquor profits. The International Amusement Co. somposed of 90 per cent returned men who operate a carnival, wrote asking what the license fee was for carnivals. The clerk was instructed to reply that the fee was $20 per day. The clerk had made inquiries concerning this company and the replies gave them a good name. The inspector of municipalities sent in his report stating that the school bonds were O.K. and had been deposited in the bank at Vancouver. Mr. John Savage wrote re the lanadian Memorial Church. His etter was filed. Bylaw 153, fixing the tax rate, was passed, as wan also the bylaw n regard to the sale of lots. Accounts totalling 18401.13 were passed.. The finance committee in ts report recommended that ho cheques other than for payroll be ssued without having first been passed by the committee. The committee also recommended that Coroner Guest be notified that the city stenographer was at his disposal for nquests and that the coroner should rnploy her. Ther question of lubricating oil for he power plant was referred back to the committee to await the test Tenders are to be called for sap-, plying 24 cords of green wood for se at the cjty hall and power plant. The council decided to order a arload of poles front S. Senkpiel of Iazelton. lieutenant-governor of nova scotia. His Honor MCallum Grant, the present Lieut.-Governor of Nova kcotia, has been re-appointed for another term of five years. Speculation as to his successor has been settled. OIL IS FLOWING AT MEDICINE HAT WELL Lethbridge, April 6.—Heavy fling on oil leases in the Many Island ake district, northeast of Medicine Hat, occurred at the Dominion land fflce here yesterday. Some stood n line all. night. Oil and a strong flow of wet gas form the well of (he Medicine Hat Development Co. waj he cause of the rush. The well is ow at the 1640-foot level. BORDEN FOR SWITZERLAND. Ottawa, April 7.—Rt. Hon. Sir lobert Borden will leave Ottawa in he course of a few days for Lausanne, Switzerland, wheer he has been appointed as one of thea rbiters or the Internationa IPetroleum Co., which is controlled by the British ;overnment, in a dispute with the 'eruvian government over the ques-io ofn certain oilfields. DECREASE IN THE • LUMBER PRODUCTION *The report of the chief forester shows a heavy decrease in the forest production of the province during he year 1921. The quantity of timber scaled in the Prince George district shows a drop of 12,333,920 feet over 1920. The figures for 1921 show that 43,089,461 board feet were scaled in this district. The production is greater, however, than was expected in the face of the ad-erse conditions prevailing, and ex- eeds, excepting 1920, any previous year; VET. FOOTBALLERS TO MEET. The G.W.V.A. football team, :hampions of the Central Interior and holders of the Perry Cup, will meet on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the club rooms for the purpose of outlining plans for the coming season. AH old members of the team and any new aspirants for places on the champions' lineup are urgently erquetsed to attend. WILL PILOT BALL TEAM. At a meeting of the city baseWsll team last night, C. Van Somers was chosen as manager for the coming season. A striking photograph of the received an Immtu* majority In conndMce 1m hi* polio? regarding Wisard'of Wai... who on Tuesday nia resolution calling for * vote of the Genoa economic conference. FRASER RIVER TO BE DECLARED OPEN FOR STURGEON FISHING H. G. Perry, M.L.A., is in receipt of a .letter from Hon. Wm. Sloan, commissioner of fisheries, stating that Hon. Ernest ,La-' pointe, minister of fisheries, had informed him that th» fishing regulations are to be amended this year to permit gill-net fishing for sturgeon on the upper waters of the Fraser River between Prince George and the head of navigation. RECEIVED GUNSHOT WOUND. Peter Bird, ton of James Bird, of louth Fort Geoff*, was taken to the lospital last evening suffering from gunshot wound in the thigh. It ppears that young Bird, while out t Mud River, was taking his: gun rom his canoe when it was dis-harged, the bullet entering his thigh. MAY HAVE DAILY TRAIN ! SERVICE NEXT MONTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEETING TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the rince George Athletic Association onight in the Prince George Club, hen the reports of the various committees will be received and plans or the athletic season in general rill be discussed, Indications are hat the coming season will be the. est in the history of the association n every line of sport. FUNERAL OF MRS. KINNEY. The funeral of the late Mrs. Kin-ey, wife of M. J. Kinney, who pass-d away on Monday after a short lness of-pneumonia at the General shpital, was held, from the Presby-erian church yesterday afternoon. he funeral was attended by a large umber of friends of deceased. Be-des her husband, the late Mrs. inney leaves to mourn her loss( a amily of seven small children, who ave the deep sympathy of all in leir sad bereavement. GOOD BOXING CONTESTS. A large gathering of local admir-rs and exponents of boxing attend -d the weekly fistic carnival at the ountry Club Gym. last evening and ere given the best entertainment' f the season. Several ladies were resent and thoroughly enjoyed the onteBts. The bill of five three-round outs was run off without a hitch witl) Dave McDonald.as master of ;remonies. Tom Corless was given le decision over A. Ceal. Ticky Wilson and Dick Corless boxed a raw, as did Leo Powers and Bert ughes. Robert Porter gave Emit aus the most artistic boxing lesson f the fighting Belgian's career. 'his was an" exceptionally interest-ng bout with Caus always aggres ve but unable to do much with his lever opponent The fistic feud bo-ween Mort Ackert and Charlie loughtaling came to an abrupt contusion in the second stansa when tort stopped one with his chin and ook the count of ten. Bert Hughes nd Harry Anderson deserve the hanks of all for the elean and ex-cllent entertainment provided. • Yesterday Assistant Manager Cameron, of Vancouver, conferred with District Superintend-out. Kirkpatrick and Staeper In regard to the projected daily train service on tke C.N.R., but no definite decision wm arrived at. At the same time it is lte> lieved by local railway men taut the daily service will become effective some tim* nest month. ' ¦ ¦" i ' Unofficial information is thai tho neW service will commence on May 6th. When tke dairy Mrvice i», instituted tk« trains connecting at Rupert with Ike . .;jM»*t» will, tarry a complete) alia* i ing service, wMI* oni other days a buffet dinar will bo i» use. AWARD MADE IN G.T.P n RIGHT-OF-WAY CASE BY LOCAL COURT Judge Robertson, acting as arbi-rator in the case between Dr. Donald McGibbon, of Edmonton, and, the rand Trunk Pacific Railway, has mode his award. By the award 'Dr. McGibbon receives the Bum ,, of $181.8.40 and costs. Mr. W. P. Ogil-vic acted for McGibbon, and Mr, P. 3. Wilson for the railway company. In 1914 the railway'company 'appropriated for right-of-way and railway purposes a portion of 'District Lot 4200, situated near Miworbh. McGibbon claimed the land .taken was worth $150 an acre, while the railway company claimed it was wild and and only worth from $10 to $15 an acre. The matter was arbitrated with the above result. Tho judge) in making his award, held the land taken by the company as wild land'and fixed the valuation of 21.06 acres at $39.70 per acre, making a total of $836,08. The1 Balance of the award1 its' made' up oil delectation on other portions of, the and and interest from January 1st, 1914. ' ' •. i:'j The arbitration was held on December 16, 17- and 18, 1919, and March 20, 1020. • ' ¦ \ This is the second arbitration case respecting land near Miworth, ihe irst being that of Ovasko in which His Honor awarded substantial damages several weeks ago. " G.W.V.A. MEETING. < ¦•' '¦¦ I '•) The regular semi-monthly meeting of the G.W.V.A. was held in the club rooms on Monday evening. The association went on record as protest-njf against the appointment of J. B. Armishaw as road superintendent iver ex-service men applicant*. A committee was appointed to interview Dr. E. J. Lyon on S.C,R. matters. ¦ ¦¦¦ ? -¦ DUKE OF SUTHERLAND r TO BRING SETTLERS The Duke of Sutherland owns 10,- 000 acres of land in the vicinity of Strathnaver, about sixty miles south of Trine George, and according to TM[r. J. T. Phehn, in his report to Mr. tlcBride on the telephone line, it is he duke's intention to bring out a srge number of settlers to go on this land. GOLD STRIKE REPORTED AT GOAT RIVER There is a rusk of prospectors to the Goal River country, just •ast of MeBride, whore it is reported rick pay sands have beem discovered on tke river. Some of the gold, it is stated, ia valti. •d at $32 an ounce. Encouraging fracas of platinum are nlso reported. - Several Seattle engineers are already on the ground nnd n number of Ncrfride residents liavo gone) torCoat River including Joe and Jerry Morgan nnd Carl Skarann: SAYS COAL SHORTAGE WILL BE SERIOUS WITHIN SIX WEEKS New York, April 7.—Declaring hat the nation will b'e in the midst of a bituminous coal famine in six weeks unless the present strike is settled, Phillip Murray, vice-president of the United Mine Workers of America, last night declared, "Congress must bo blind not to see what tho country is up against." MINERS' CONCILIATION BOARD. Sydney, N.S., April T.—Hon. Jai. Murdoch, minister of labor, has sent Messages to members of the Gillen conciliation board, which recently made a brief investigation of the dispute between the British Empire Stoel Corporation and the coal miners of Nova Scotia, asking them to reconvene at Sydney not later than April 10th for the purpose of *iv-ng further consideration to the question at issue. Several Small Parties Leave For Cedar Creek Strike (WELL-KNOWN TRAVELLER BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT HAZELTON Haielton, April 3,—The Haselton hotel was completely destroyed by Ore early yesterday morning. Franl Walsh, roprewntative of the McLen nan-McFeeloy Co., Vancouver, was burned to death. The other residents of tho hotel barely escaped vith their lives. The betel stables well as the government barn and oad-making equipment was totally 'cfltroyed. The fire jumped across he street to a large building run an he B.C. Cafe by Chimw. which was ompletely gutted, also the Ghjncso nd a residence. The body of the late Frank Walsh will be sent to Calgary for buriui on Sunday next. Ho was 29 years of age and was to ba married in June next to a young lady of Vancouver. HIXON CREEK-QUESNEL ROAD TO BE IMPROVED In the first list nam«d by Hon. Dr. W. H. Sutherland, minister of public works, to be undertaken this year ncludeB 34 miles of the Hixon Creek Hncl road which is to be improv-d, and the Burns Lake-Francoig juke road to be improved and com-iclted. THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE. London, April 7.—Iteutor's corespondent at Bloemfantein, South Africa, cables that the Free State provincial council has adopted a rc-olution deploring the failure of the government of the Union of South Lfrica to find a peaceful solution of he miners' strike on the Rand and, he consequent bloodshed. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. Nest Friday being Good Friday nd a statutory holiday, the Leader ill be issued ea Thursday. Aslver-iseri aro requested to send la any oWtisement changes by Tuesday noon to ensure) insertion. With the arrival of spring weather tho lure of the Cedar Creek gold strike ia evidencod hero and during tho past week two or three small parties of prospector* loft for the lower Cariboo via the P.G.E. grails. These mun uro for tho most part ex-porioncod prospectors. With tho opening of Fraser River navigation, probably during the present month, this city will no doubt become an outfitting point for those going to the new goUIAeldB. By river navigation, parties leaving Prince George ¦oil M be on the scone of the strike within 124 hours. Interest in tho Cedar Crook gold discoveries in increasing at Vancouver. This was apparent when Wil-inin E. Blower, government resident oiiginepr, und R. D. Fetherston-laugh, M.E., gave Ant-hand infor-nation to over 300 assembled in the B.C. Chamber of Mines last Satur-lay night. Both speakers predicted a big fut-uro for tho new fi«ldB, "The new ilucer fields may produce n« much, f not more, than the plucer minrp of tho old Rarkorvillu ttuys," said Mr. FcthuratonhiMigh, "and in that ush some sixty or seventy million dollnrs' worth of gold was taken out." Dealing with tho QuoBiiel Lake section of tho Cariboo Mr. Brewer n«do special reference to Spanish Crook, Cedar Creek and Bullion, nnd spoke very highly of tho prospucto n this district. Mr. Fctherstonhaugh, who made a recent examination of tho Cedar roek proportion, stntod that ho had examined the discovery leases which md been staked b'y MeBsra. Platt and Lyne. He said in tho old Cariboo days a considerable Bum had beun taken from Cedar Creek. This had been estimated at around three million dollars; but he believed from what he had been able to learn, that one million dollars was neuror tho truth. The new disovcory was not in the creok, but was a high channel running northeasterly and southwester-y acroHH tint croek. Tho crook when brmed by tho overflowing of a lake, md crosscut this channel in which ho values wore, nnd tho gold found n the crock was from thin channel. Tho recent find was high abovu the ovel of the crock. The property was wooded nnd k<>1cI had buen ' found niong the tree roots. There woa no knowing how far this hutiiiol continued, he said, but ho was opliniiHtic that it would yield normouH returns. Those going in here should bo prepared to- do hard work to find it. It was not advisable o ko until the snow was off tho 'round. No real prospecting could o done on the snow and ho did not ogard staking on the snow very avorably. The richnoBs of the find was imsur-d, for from an urea of 37 square ards of tho discovery claim $4000 worth of gold had boon recovered nd the methods used were such thut t was improbable more than CO per ont of the gold had boon oneurod, Mr. Fiitherstonhaugh said that many men had lost money they hml nvented in gold proposition!!. But most of them had lost it In schemes where tho promoters got most of tho money. Ho advised those who were lanning to become interested in the 'edar Crcok district to either grub-take a prospector or otherwise par-icipate in a sound proposition to nd out where the gold was. Then, t leant, they would have a run for leir money. Lieut.-Col. the Rev Canon Scott is seriously ill at Quebec. EASTER BAZAAR Under Auspices Ladies' Aid Knox Presbyterian Cliurch. RITTS-KIFER HALL SATURDAY, APRIL 8th, 3 g. M. FANCY SEWING, PLAIN SEWING, CHILDREN'S SEWING, CANDY, TOYS, HOME COOKING. TEA WILL BE SERVED."