THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1928 PROVINCIAL PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA | Open letter to ' Hon. John Oliver af Vancouver, Oct. 26, 1928. }The HON. JOHN. OLIVER, Premier of British Columbia, ! — Vietoria, B.C. wa(Dear Sir: me, = C_ enclose herewith for your information m,No. 5, issued today by the Provincial Party o Babe true, you, ren colleagues, and Mr. i lic life. If copy of a pamphlet SEARCHLIGHT f British Columbia, If ita contents Seaised his position as a Miniater of the Crown, with the technical protection of an ez inicorporated company behind him, for his private and personal gain, in connec- ation with the P.G.E. Ry., of which both he and you are directors. _ On July 20, 1923, and August 24, 1923, I addressed open letters to you, requesting a reply to these charges and published them in the press. To these you failed to make any answer, { On April 15 of this year, the Salmon Arm Observer quoted from your me \address in that city aa follows: . public ee che present government, anywhere, at any time,’’ ; | Being anxious for that opportunity, I notified you by open letter on April 30 achat I would meet you in the city where you had issued the challenge, on a date ‘which you were to gelect. In order that the fullest opportunity might be given eayou to make your defence, the Board of Trade of Salmon Arm undertook to : Iecure a hail to seat 2,500 people, and I offered to put on a barbecue and dance min connection with the event for the further entertainment of those who attended. 4, You failed to accept that challenge also. I notice, however, by northern Boapers, that when confronted with this failure, at your meetings, you stated meyeou would meet me at a time to suit your own convenience, although I had itudiously consulted your convenience by leaving the selection of the date to yourself, I recall that you made a similar reply when asked why you failed to yeet the still unrefuted charges of Mr. R. T’, Elliot, on April 17, 1920, which meyere read in your presence on the flogr of the legislature. . W 6 Instead, you-and your Attorney-General have contented yourselves with lighting references to, and ianuendoes against myself. Sneaking in Ash Hall, aneouver, Hon. Mr. Manson was reported in the public press aa saying with ‘erard to me: ; ‘When we consider the various enterprises with which he has been connected the past, [ am inclined to believe he is hardly worth considering. The less id, the better, Ithink. However, we shall deal with him when the time comes.” I promptly addressed a letter to the Attorney-General, gave him an outline all the essential facts that could be recalled about my career, arranged a mublic meeting at New Westminster, and invited him to meet me there, and waburden himself of all the sinister facts regarding myself in his possession, Holiowing: your example he failed to appear at that meeting, which I had called aay? allow him a chance to establish or withdraw his imputations, i { The above incidents have forced me ta the conclusion that you and your itorney-General are common cowards, and that your: methods towards those ayho criticise your public acts are of, the contemptible character which a coward ually adopts, namely, gossip and bluster. yom the charges made against 4, and your government, you have sought safety in silence. Your ally, Mr. wser, has done the same. in the public interest therefore I propose another purse to force both of you to recognize your responsibilities, : i] The present charges against you and your government in SEARCHLIGHT o. 5, which I send by registered mail, are supported by the affidavits of your. Wn officials. ‘They reveal either incredible neglect of duty, or connivance with Mechers to defraad and plunder the people of the province. You are asked to mAppoint a Royal Commission to investigate these charges. If they are untrue u have a great opportunity through such atribunal, to discredit the Provincial rty and to vindicate yourself. ; in order that this may be done at a minimum of expense to the taxpayers, Provincial Party offers to bear the cost of the necessary audit.. A previous fer by us to pay for an audit of the department of Industries in order to prove Meiste and extravagance, was not accepted by your Attorney-General. |, I make this demand for a Royal Commission on behaif of 20,000 enrolled ; ambers of the Provincial Party. But I make it as well on behalf of the whole aevdy of long suffering taxpayers, who, if these gharges be true, are being ploited by professional pofiticiand tike yourself and your confederates. On A. D. McRae ~ as . -An Appeal To Good Citizens Is it not high time that all loyal citizens, regardless of party, insisted on our Provincial Government either defending itself against the charges which have been hurled at it during the present year or submitting its case to the electors for approval? It is unthinkable that a government, which cannot clear itself of. these charges, can continue to adminster the affairs of the province for another two years, The fight, which the Provincial Party is making for the retarn of honest and decent government to Rritish Columbia, is your fight, Are you in it? The effort to clean up the political life of our province needs the assistance of every patriotic elactor--man and woman alike. Don’t you feel that you should take your part in thia citizens’ move- ment to get rid of the professional politicians and by a business government,restore British Columbia to prosperity? Only the united effort of the right thinking people will bring this about. We do not ask much—join the Provincial Party and help gelect one of your best men as a delegate to the BIG’ CONVENTION of the party to be held in Vancouver on DECEMBER 4TH,. ‘It will be . the first real citizens’ political convention:ever held in British Columbia. Organizations are being formed in every riding in the province. Get-in line with thousands of your fellow citizens and help put this good government movement ‘over the top’’”, If you are still \? undecided as to the needa for this great political movement in our ' Provincial affaira, GET “SEARCHLIGHT NO, 6’ pet IT, (Signed) A post card to the following address will bring it to you dp’ well ag a membership card, which you can sign and return if you the right road. ou eg . ; We are on the eve of ‘political ‘deliverance in BC, DO YOUR “SHARE. Communicate with,..- = |. - The Provincial -Party of British Columbia Room 29, Imperial Block, Vancouver, B.C. ink we are a, on ack TO MEMBERS. —Gat_ your Searchlight. ‘Tf you are not petting our Gearchlight, notify Headquarters Provincial Party of B.C. AT ONCE. , ‘'The Speaker defied Gen, McRae to debate any charges of misdemeanor by Hay an Oats ALWAYS ON HAND LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES boty _ BOYER & CARR City Transfer Co. SMITHERS, B.C, Timber Sale X5271 ’ There will be offered for sale at Pab- lic Auction, at noon on the lst day of November, 1928, in the Forest Branch office at Smithers, the, Licence:X5271, to cut 185,000 lineal feet of Cedar Poles and Piling, on an area adjoining Lot 2387, South of Skeena Crossing, Cassiar Land District. . Two (2) years will be allowed for removal of timber, oo Further particulara of the Chief For-. ester, Victoria, B. C., or District For- ester, Prince Rupert, B.C. “18 —7 § * : e4 & Work on the bridge is progres- sing apace, the open weather favoring the contractors. The foundations have been put in for five of the piers and in three the second course has been erected, The timber has been put in for the pier on the island, and alto- gether the pace has been very satisfactory.. There has been quite a rush of Kalum Lake residents to town this week and George Cobb. will have some job to get out all their sppplies for the winter. Matt Allard has gone up to the Lake again, but. among the arrivals from there were Joe Bellway, Bili Treston, Oscar Olander, S. C, Fredrick, Alf Egan, Jack Arkle, Archie MeVormick is remaining in town for the present. The mild weather is. account- able for numbers of cases of fruit bushes flowering a second time this season, If the gardening authorities are right this will be a disadvantage to the plants néxt vear, as it uses up the reserve store of fruiting energy, _Michand Bros, recently brought in some very fine gold ore from their St. Paul group of mineral ‘claims on Thornhill mountain, This ore eame from a ledge about eighteen inches to two feet in Terrace | give $502, or 25.20 ounces per ton. entire output. of.coal-of ‘amine in. width, and assays on samples Bill Thompson, who has been spending some time at Anyox, came in on Friday and went up to the Lake on Saturday, where he will tidy up his holding before proceeding to dig himself in for the winter in Seattle, Terrace awoke and with some surprise found a white world on Wednesday—the first snow of the season. It kept onall day but was falling very damp. The fail season has been an unusually mild one and lots of work has been accomplished ahead of the usual time: a Vancouver city council has been considering a contract for the the Bulkley Valley, The freight ‘the United States ~$107,0 pe eaerenhi - Timber Sale X5482__ Sealed tenders will be received by the Minister of Lands at. Victoria not later than noon on the 8th day of November, 1923, for the purchase of Licence X5aa2! to cut 70,000 lineal feet of Piling, 44,000 lineal feet of Cedar Poles, and 9,600 Hemlock Ties, on a portion of Lot 1571, Caasiar Land District. Three (3) years will be allowed for removal of timber. Further particulars of the Chiéf For- eater, Victoria, B.C., or District For- ester, Prince Rupert, B.C. 1718 Here and There The world’s record for grain trains was shattered by the Canadian Pa- cific Railway on October 5th, with & monster train of 125 car loads of wheat, over a mile long, which oper- ated between Stoughton and Arcola, The contents-of the ears, 185,000 bushels, weighed 5,566 tona, All grain loading records*in Al erta were completely smashed by the CanaJlian Pacific on October 10th when the Company loaded 753 cars, representing at least 1,065,200 bush- els. If these cars Were placed to- gether they weuld make up a freight ‘train about six miles in length, and a baker’s dozen of these trains would extend from Calgary to Banff, a dis- tanee of 82 miles. " ° JA record in western railroad con- struction was established on the Canadian Pacific Lanigan-Melfort line recently, when the last mile of track between Lanigan and Pleasant- dale was completed in ene day. D. A. Livingstone, engineer in charge, reports that seventy per cent of hig crew of 25 were British harvesters, Federal and Provincial Depart. ments of Agriculture co-operated in the purchase m the British Isles of a large stock of horses, swine and sheep, including sheep owned hy His Majesty the Kine, which arrived here recently, This is the sesond shipment of cattle to Canada through the co-operation of the agricultural departments with sheep and swine breeders throughout the Dominion. T; K, Doherty, the Canadian Com- ‘missioner in the International In- ‘stitute of.Agriculture, estimates Can- ada’s exportable wheat surplus this year at 800 million ushels, a3 against 150 millions from the United States, 110 from Argentina, 50 from Australia, and 15 from Russia. Can- ada, im fact, may be expected te Supply nearly half the wheat ex- ports of the whole world—300 out of 675 million bushels, E. W. Beatty, K.C., President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, speak. ing at important centres on his re- cent extensive tour through the Canadian West, seunded a note of optimism, declaring that the gen- eral improvement in Canadian busi- ness conditions rendered an ac- companying growing pessimism en- tirely unjustifiable. Stressing the heed for a vigorous, intensive im- migration policy by ‘the govern. ment, he put forward as suggestions that the department of immigration and colonization should issue-a gen- eral invitation through Great Britain, and certain Euro» pean countries, for settlers, and that greater advantage should ba taken of the favétable policies to» wards emigration to Canada adopted by the governments of Great Britain and other countries, Most extraordinary yields of grain are reported from the Provincial School of Agriculture at Olds, Al- berta. On a one-acre patch 105 bushels of Marquis wheat were threshed, which is believed te be a record for this crop, exceeding the 82 bushel yield of Seager Wheeler, which was previously considered un- surpassable, From an acre seeded te. oats, 205 bushels were threshed, Barley similarly yielded exception- ally. Ona field of 27 acres an avag. age of 79 bushels to the sere waa secured, whilst on another, 10 acras of a different variety, a yield of 80 bushels to the acre was recorded. { Kighty per cent. of- Canada’s na. tional debt is owned by Canadians, Bank deposits in this country at the: Bist, 1923, totalled $1,218,000,000, an increase in ten years of $720,- 000,000.' 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