2 PRINCE GEORGE STAB. THE PRINCE GEORGE STAR T. COLLTHARD - - KDlTUl PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDA AND FRIDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three Months 50c; Six Months One Year 11.50. To any address outside of Canada $2.00 A man in Vancouver who'stole $2,600 drew a suspended sen tence. Another man stole a 50c shirt and received sentence o ¦ three months. Better have in $i.oo;ispector of weights and ineas Advertising: Rates on Application. f'ures in the coast city look ovei scales of justice used by the courts. Office: Third Avenue, Prince George (next door to Royal Bank) TELEPHONE. No. 19 One Reason Why the City Finance Committee Should Publish Expenditures Either use all citizens alike and pay for material used in walks prior to incorporation oi force return, of money already illegally paid. We would suggest in future that all citizens looking for po- The statement by Mayor Per-1 sitions on board of aldermen ry in regard to the payment of!find out the exact measurement $1300 by last rears council for!of their chest expansion material for improvements^ , • > . made prior to incorporation, j Head expansion frequently that it was the most disgrace-] exceeds chest expansion, ful, transaction he had ever) ——:— heard of; will bring to the mind If the economy aldermen who of voters the contention made j cut the mayor's. salary to §600 by The Star last fall and during' were consistent they would election in January that the ex- have voted against the resolu-penditures of the'city should be I tion paying the acting mayor a published each week, a correct; surn'equal to what the mayor copy of which should be furn-| receives. Yet Aid. Brynolson ished the press for the purpose, j was the only member of the If this course had been followed I council who stood by his prin-the old council would hardly i ciples. have dared used the funds of j -------- the city in such scandalous way, The police of McBride liave and the mayor on his ind uction j placed cribbage on the list of into office would have known j illegal gambling games. In what what the check he signed for category would they place lawn the $300 balance of the payment tennis? was to be used for. There has been too much secrecy maintained in regard to Xo less than ten new ocean going vessels were launched on public expenditures and if tHejthe Pacific coast during the month of March last, between the ports of Vancouver, Victoria and those across the border line. ;. The copper production of British Columbia will exceed 100,000,000 pounds this year, according to a statement prepared by X. Thompsou, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade. present council are* .sincere in their claims that they have nothing to hide from the electors they will remedy this fault of previous years. Some of the aldermen have claimed the press representatives attend meetings of the board and should get the items, but they are frequently dealt with in bulk and could only be secured by going to the city clerk. The Star claims the itemized statement of finance committee should be furnished for publication. If The Star gives the space the city certainly employs enough clerical help to enable it to have a statement prepared. Publicity would prevent any more such deals as the $1300 payment which the mayor says was disgraceful being pulled ofF. -, ' At the meeting of the Cariboo Federal Liberal executive held at Kamloops on the 31st it was decided to call a, convention to nominate a candidate for the riding. Convention is to be held lit Kamloops on the 16th day of May at 2 p.m. Delegates Selected for Liberal Convention The regular meeting of the local Liberal last week* association held was one of the best attended and most interesting held in the city. The choice of ^delegates was the principal business and the following were chosen to attend the con vencion at Kamloops to be held next month: Messrs. Moore, Bustih, Westoway, Ogilvie. Hunter and Leith. ^— x r Several applications for roads dealt with and referred to the district association to he forwarded to the minister of lands. 75c, $1.00, $1,25 O'Cedar Oil 25c, 50c, $1.25 Almost all Colors v 60c packet James Munro Limited Third Avenue W^st H.E.McKEEN Blacksmith & Horseshoer SIXTH AVENUE Phone U8 ' P.O. Box 28 CAR1BOOLODGE I.O.O.F., No. 65 Meets every Weclncs