A
LOT
OF
BULL
IS
BEING
HELD
BY
DISTRICT
farmer
James
L
Altchison
It
Is
one
of
six
going
down
to
the
44th
annual
provincial
bull
sale
in
Kam
loops
this
weekend
from
the
Aitchison
herd
Short
Shorthorns
�
horns
have
been
bred
and
raised
in
this
area
for
about
20
years
by
Mr
Altchison
The
1700
pound
animal
is
the
biggest
one
from
this
district
heading
to
the
sale
Vandervoort
photo
INDUSTRY
GRINDS
TO
HALT
Blast
Cuts
Kootenay
Power
NELSON
CP
Three
charges
of
explosives
pitched
a
300
ton
steel
tower
in
Kootenay
Lake
Tuesday
night
creating
an
area
wide
power
failure
which
might
leave
500
to
1000
men
out
of
vork
for
weeks
possibly
for
months
The
blast
was
described
by
owners
of
the
tower
as
a
major
act
of
industrial
sabotage
No
one
was
injured
The
tower
nearly
400
feet
high
supported
two
miles
of
power
transmission
cables
that
formed
part
of
an
87
mile
link
to
one
oi
tiie
east
Kootenay
s
most
important
mining
devel
developments
�
opments
The
line
across
the
lake
30
miles
northeast
of
here
was
the
longest
in
the
Western
world
Three
iJant
cables
the
tower
had
suorted
weighed
45
tons
When
the
detonations
came
at
1020
pm
lights
snapped
off
along
the
entire
Consolidated
Cross
in
Ashes
Marks
Popes
Head
for
Lent
POPE
JOHN
thou
are
dust
VATICAN
CITY
Reuters
Pope
John
had
his
fore
forehead
�
head
maikcd
with
a
cross
in
ashes
at
his
early
morning
mass
today
as
Ash
Wednesday
ushered
in
the
40
day
Lenten
period
of
prayer
and
peni
penitence
�
tence
before
Easter
The
pontiffs
private
secre
secretary
�
tary
Msgr
Loris
Capovilla
applied
the
ashes
Roman
Catholics
in
church
churches
�
es
throughout
the
world
have
their
foicheads
marked
in
this
way
by
priests
with
the
words
remember
man
that
thou
arc
dust
and
to
dust
shalt
thou
return
It
was
announced
Tuesday
the
Pope
will
walk
with
the
priests
and
people
of
Rome
in
Lenten
processions
this
year
Now
Hear
This
Definite
returns
from
the
Red
Cross
fund
-raising
campaign
will
not
be
available
for
about
a
week
but
society
officials
say
it
appears
to
be
going
very
well
About
300
volunteer
canvassers
blitzed
residential
areas
last
night
and
about
40
now
are
working
in
the
commercial
can
canvass
�
vass
Reports
from
rural
areas
a
it
not
jet
in
Objective
of
the
campaign
in
PG
and
area
this
j
car
is
0000
The
Red
Cross
branch
heic
icccntly
was
re
reorganized
�
organized
to
make
it
more
effective
Results
appeal
good
Therell
be
no
policemens
ball
this
winter
because
there
isnt
a
hall
available
large
enough
to
accommodate
the
popular
event
RCMP
Staff-
Sergeant
Ed
Romberg
said
if
it
were
held
any
place
other
than
the
school
pre
empted
Civic
Centre
the
invitation
list
would
have
to
be
cut
to
200
half
the
usual
attendance
Theres
a
wee
chance
the
event
will
bo
staged
next
fall
after
the
Con
naught
Junior
High
students
move
into
their
new
school
and
the
Civic
Centre
is
restored
to
normal
Which
is
all
okay
ex
cept
that
if
the
police
had
told
their
troubles
earlier
to
the
Exhibition
Board
the
main
building
at
the
fair
grounds
same
size
as
the
Civic
Centre
could
have
been
made
avail
able
without
much
effort
Local
electronics
genius
Roy
Fujikawa
although
a
master
photo
engraving
technician
was
stumped
No
matter
how
he
worked
it
he
couldnt
get
his
TV
to
play
pioperly
He
called
in
a
repairman
who
discovered
that
somebody
probably
the
cleaning
woman
had
inadvert
inadvertently
�
ently
moved
the
fine
tuning
dial
a
couple
of
notches
THE
CITIZEti
Phone
LOgan
4
2441
Vol
6
No
47
Mining
and
Smelting
Co
link
and
some
Cominco
installations
in
Kimberley
ground
to
a
halt
Tower
was
owned
by
Cominco
In
darkness
with
other
small
smaller
�
er
centres
were
the
villages
of
Riondel
and
Creston
Pig
iron
and
chemical
fertiliz
fertilizer
�
er
plants
at
Kimberley
closed
with
the
Bluebell
mine
at
Rion
Riondel
�
del
The
huge
Cominco
smelter
at
Trail
was
also
affected
with
its
supply
of
ore
concen
concentrates
�
trates
cut
R
M
Noakcs
mate
on
the
ferry
which
crosses
the
lake
near
Riondel
saw
the
explo
explosion
�
sion
We
were
two
miles
from
Kootenay
Bay
heading
west
Noakcs
said
There
was
a
flash
and
all
the
lights
went
off
on
the
cast
side
of
the
lake
GUARD
CHECKED
A
guard
at
the
tower
had
checked
the
tower
10
minutes
before
the
explosion
The
severed
power
line
link
linking
�
ing
hydro
dams
in
the
area
with
Kimberley
was
built
in
1952
for
3000000
It
took
its
first
load
April
8
of
that
year
The
sound
of
the
explosions
carried
almost
to
Nelson
Some
observers
said
it
was
nitro-gly-
cenne
rather
than
dynamite
that
was
used
to
lift
the
steel
monster
from
its
base
RCMP
from
Creston
and
Nel
Nelson
�
son
moved
into
the
blast
area
Cars
were
checked
as
was
the
Kootenay
Bay
ferry
A
track
ing
dog
accompanied
the
Nel
Nelson
�
son
officers
Cominco
released
a
200
word
statement
in
Trail
that
an
announced
�
nounced
the
shutdowns
WORK
DUE
Work
on
replacing
the
power
link
across
Kootenay
Lake
will
start
immediately
but
officials
expect
the
pioject
will
take
scv
erai
months
The
situation
may
bo
re
relieved
�
lieved
by
the
possibility
of
re
restoring
�
storing
limited
service
of
tern
porary
line
within
a
shorter
period
of
time
The
company
said
operations
at
Kimberleys
Sullivan
mine
can
continue
at
about
GO
per
cent
capacity
with
electricity
made
available
by
the
Calgary
and
west
Kootenay
power
com
panics
Correction
The
following
statement
was
made
today
by
Don
Douglas
dealer
manager
Fourth
and
Victoria
Essq
Servicer
I
wish
to
make
it
known
that
remaiks
attributed
to
me
in
The
Citizen
March
B
ate
untrue
and
did
not
originate
with
me
and
further
that
I
am
not
dis
district
�
trict
repiesentative
for
the
ARA
but
that
I
am
a
member
of
that
organization
The
Only
Daily
Newspaper
Serving
North
Central
British
Columbia
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
WEDNESDAY
MARCH
7
1962
L4ND
REGISTRY
Office
Scrapped
Protest
According
to
the
statement
Local
1
424
is
seeking
to
pro
prosecute
�
secute
Fraser
Lake
Sawmills
Ltd
which
it
said
discharged
14
union
members
Monday
and
took
on
a
new
crew
The
14
employees
of
the
com
companys
�
panys
Fort
Fraser
plant
had
joined
the
union
Saturday
The
union
has
applied
for
bargain
bargaining
�
ing
rights
on
behalf
of
the
em
employees
�
ployees
Local
1
424
had
applied
Feb
21
this
year
to
prosecute
Fort
St
John
Lumber
Co
Ltd
after
the
companys
operations
at
Chetwynd
were
suspended
earl
earlier
�
ier
in
the
month
Mr
Hoist
said
then
that
it
appears
that
the
company
is
practicing
discr
i
m
i
n
a
t
i
o
n
against
union
members
Just
before
the
shutdown
the
em
employees
�
ployees
had
joined
th
IWA
Company
officials
said
at
the
time
that
the
suspension
of
operations
was
to
permit
stock
stocking
�
ing
of
more
logs
and
to
build
up
inventory
Most
of
the
men
at
the
Chet
Chetwynd
�
wynd
plant
are
back
at
work
Mr
Hoist
said
today
But
two
men
who
were
particularly
active
in
organization
have
not
been
taken
back
An
investigation
is
being
con
ducted
by
the
Labor
Relations
Board
and
union
lawyers
arc
working
on
the
case
Mr
Hoist
said
Mr
Hoist
also
said
negotia
tions
bctw
een
Continued
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Bonspiel
Result
Building
Ottawa
Wont
Change
Indian
Act
Bonner
VICTORIA
CP
The
provincial
government
has
asked
Ottawa
to
exempt
native
Indians
in
I
C
from
liquor
regulations
under
the
Indian
Act
but
the
request
has
been
refused
so
far
Attorney
General
Bonner
said
Tuesday
night
in
the
legislature
Mr
Bonner
said
he
has
had
extensive
and
fruitless
correspondence
with
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Minister
Fairclough
on
the
matter
He
said
he
has
asked
for
general
exemption
of
BC
native
Indians
from
the
acts
liquor
provisions
a
move
which
would
give
Indians
equal
liquor
right
with
BC
whites
PROSECUTION
SOUGHT
Intimidation
Charged
By
Local
Union
Boss
A
definite
pattern
of
intimidation
tactics
on
the
part
of
Northern
Interior
lumbermen
has
been
charged
by
Jacob
Hoist
president
of
IVVA
Local
1
424
He
made
the
charge
today
in
a
statement
announc
announcing
�
ing
the
locals
second
application
in
three
weeks
to
the
Labor
Relations
Board
for
permission
to
prosecute
a
company
CONVALESCENTS
Victoria
Men
To
Study
Need
For
Home
Here
The
operators
of
a
Victoria
nursing
home
will
be
in
Prince
George
Monday
to
investigate
the
feasibility
of
building
a
60
bed
convalescent
home
here
Alex
Heic
and
Les
Cooke
who
are
also
building
a
nursing
home
in
White
Rock
told
Lands
and
Forests
Minister
Ray
Wil
liston
in
Victoria
they
have
finances
arranged
and
could
establish
a
home
here
provid
providing
�
ing
they
can
obtain
suitable
land
at
a
reasonable
price
Arrangements
are
being
made
for
the
men
to
meet
with
hos
hospital
�
pital
administration
and
board
officials
hospital
board
chair
chairman
�
man
Gordon
Bryant
said
today
Naturally
were
interested
in
anything
that
will
relieve
the
hospital
facilities
and
we
will
assist
them
in
any
way
we
can
said
Mr
Bryant
He
said
there
have
been
a
number
of
enquiries
by
persons
interested
in
establishing
a
con
convalescent
�
valescent
home
in
Prince
George
in
the
last
year
The
main
problem
has
been
that
those
enquiring
were
not
prepared
to
build
such
facilities
and
no
existing
buildings
suit-
representatives
able
for
conversion
were
avail-
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am
Automotive
Event
Final
Yco
Terrace
11
LaChanco
4
1030
am
N
M
Smith
Event
Final
K
Moffat
15
Cope
5
8
am
Kelly
Cup
First
Draw
Yco
Terrace
G
Thompson
5
Kappiialm
7
Johnston
Jasper
6
extra
end
Carmichael
11
Foster
Edmonton
4
50000
IN
BACK
PAY
K
FRANCIS
GARY
POWERS
heard
whump
Word
that
the
provincial
government
does
not
in
intend
�
tend
to
establish
a
land
registry
office
in
the
city
raised
a
storm
of
protest
today
Attorney
General
Bonner
told
the
legislature
Tuesday
night
the
government
cannot
find
any
economic
justification
for
such
an
office
long
sought
by
local
groups
He
said
surveys
have
shown
that
a
land
registry
office
at
Prince
George
could
handle
only
10
per
cent
of
the
Kam-
loops
offices
workload
and
yet
would
require
a
full
staff
Local
lawyers
and
realtors
and
city
chamber
of
commerce
officials
were
not
pleased
by
the
announcement
Chamber
of
commerce
Presi
President
�
dent
Alex
Clark
Its
ridiculous
to
consider
there
is
no
need
for
an
office
here
He
said
briefs
have
been
sent
to
Victoria
on
various
occasions
requesting
some
action
He
said
the
area
being
cover
covered
�
ed
by
the
Kamloops
office
is
so
vast
that
delays
result
in
land
conveyances
and
other
busi
nesses
during
busy
periods
of
the
year
I
dont
see
how
it
cant
be
proven
the
office
isnt
busy
he
said
At
the
Dec
1955
executive
meeting
of
the
old
board
of
trade
a
letter
from
Ray
Willis
ton
submitted
an
outline
for
a
land
registry
office
here
During
the
same
year
the
board
was
advised
that
one
of
the
items
in
the
new
provincial
government
building
would
be
provision
for
space
for
a
land
registry
office
Resolutions
and
briefs
have
been
presented
to
the
goyefnj
ment
for
more
than
20
years
There
has
been
no
action
The
Cariboo
Bar
Association
has
presented
annual
resolu
resolutions
�
tions
to
the
government
for
many
years
The
Cariboo
Real
Continued
on
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3
213
N
s
The
Prince
George
and
Bulk
ley
Valley
region
will
be
mainly
cloudy
Thursday
with
a
few
snow
showers
locally
mixed
with
rain
Milder
Winds
will
be
southerly
20
Low
tonight
and
high
on
Thursday
at
Prince
George
and
Smithers
20
and
27
The
Cariboo
region
will
also
be
mostly
cloudy
and
milder
but
without
the
snow
and
rain
showers
expected
in
the
Prince
George
area
Winds
will
be
southerly
15
in
the
main
valleys
and
the
low
and
high
tempera
tures
at
Quesnel
are
expected
to
be
20
and
27
Peace
River
Sunny
with
a
few
cloudy
periods
in
the
morn
morning
�
ing
becoming
cloudy
in
the
afternoon
A
little
milder
Winds
westerly
15
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Grande
Prairie
15
and
35
LAST
24
HOURS
Prince
George
Terrace
Smithers
Quesnel
Williams
Lake
Kamloops
Whitehorse
Fort
Nelson
Fort
St
John
29
32
21
32
31
47
20
11
11
15
instruments
he
could
sec
an
orange
color
everywhere
I
felt
that
the
explosion
was
external
to
the
aircraft
Powers
32
said
that
when
lie
had
landed
by
parachute
he
saw
another
parachute
in
the
sky
not
a
part
of
his
planes
equipment
At
the
time
he
said
he
speculated
it
might
be
a
parachute
to
brin
back
part
of
the
Russian
rocket
The
Russians
claim
a
rocket
downed
the
U
2
Democratic
Congressman
Carl
Vinson
told
reporters
la
ter
that
intelligence
experts
believe
the
craft
was
hit
by
a
Russian
ground-to-air
missile
Contrary
to
Soviet
charges
Powers
still
an
employee
of
the
US
Central
Intelligence
Agency
said
he
had
not
been
ordered
to
commit
suicide
through
us
of
a
poisoned
7c
a
Copy
BT
OAKRnOI
Vl
M
tier
ont
Drive
to
Teach
People
How
to
Drink
Proposed
VICTORIA
CPI
Gordon
Gibson
Liberal
member
for
North
Vancouver
told
the
legislature
Tuesday
hell
sup
support
�
port
a
campaign
to
teach
people
how
to
drink
But
he
said
the
legislature
and
its
members
should
not
try
to
tell
people
not
to
drink
Mr
Gibson
was
comment
commenting
�
ing
during
discussion
of
alco
holism
problems
He
rose
af
after
�
ter
John
Tisdallc
SC
Saan
ich
a
teetotaler
had
sug
suggested
�
gested
a
clampdown
on
ad
advertising
�
vertising
which
glamorizes
drinking
Mr
Gibson
who
is
not
a
teetotaler
said
Id
like
to
hear
those
people
who
dont
know
too
much
about
liquor
just
leave
this
question
alone
COLUMBIA
TREATY
His
statement
gave
confirm
confirmation
�
ation
to
a
Citizen
story
last
week
that
the
government
was
prepared
to
go
it
alone
on
the
Columbia
project
if
the
BC
Ottawa
deadlock
is
not
broken
Mr
Bonner
was
replying
to
questions
in
the
legislature
based
on
The
Citizens
story
We
like
the
Columbia
River
treaty
he
said
We
would
like
to
see
it
implemented
We
want
to
see
its
effect
carried
out
thats
the
policy
of
the
government
For
More
Victoria
Stories
See
Page
3
Gordon
Dow
ding
NDP-CCF-Burnaby
accused
the
attorney
general
of
almost
hinting
that
the
provincial
government
in
intended
�
tended
circumventing
the
in
international
�
ternational
treaty
Mr
Bonner
said
he
would
merely
repeat
an
earlier
state
statement
�
ment
Thec
are
olier
ways
of
approacning
this
power
question
than
under
tha
treaty
which
has
been
made
he
said
This
is
a
correct
statement
of
fact
and
law
As
a
matter
of
fact
when
international
discussions
began
on
the
Columbia
it
be
became
�
came
a
question
of
whether
the
matter
should
be
handled
by
treaty
It
is
not
essential
that
the
matter
should
be
handled
by
treaty
There
are
now
matters
in
involving
�
volving
Canada
and
the
US
which
involve
co
op
ativc
ir
rangements
having
to
do
with
electric
power
simplv
govo
ncd
by
contracts
BC
is
a
party
to
these
now
Mr
Bonner
said
that
there
was
no
intention
of
thwarting
federal
laws
The
Navigable
Waters
Protection
Act
and
the
International
Rivers
Develop
Development
�
ment
Act
Would
apply
to
the
Columbia
subject
to
contest
VANCOUVER
CPl
The
pro
vincially
owned
BC
Electric
is
working
on
a
fan
out
sys
system
�
tem
of
employment
for
the
Peace
River
hydro
electric
pro
project
�
ject
in
order
to
give
local
resi
residents
�
dents
first
crack
at
jobs
Powers
Now
Hero
Rich
One
Too
WASHINGTON
CP
U
2
spy
pilot
Francis
Gary
Pow
Powers
�
ers
is
free
to
choose
his
own
life
with
the
aid
of
some
50000
in
back
pay
after
bo
ing
vindicated
and
described
by
senators
as
a
courageous
American
The
final
chapter
of
Pow
crs
high
flying
drama
over
Russia
unfolded
before
tho
Senate
armed
services
com
miltee
Tucsday
The
Virginian
told
the
hear
ing
his
first
public
question
ing
he
didnt
know
precisely
what
caused
his
plane
to
crack
up
at
68000
feet
in
lhn
heart
of
Russia
He
had
heard
a
whump
and
could
remember
feeling
hearing
and
just
sensing
an
explosion
There
was
a
slight
forward
movement
to
the
plane
and
looking
up
from
his
needle
if
caught
by
the
Rus
Russians
�
sians
on
that
fateful
May
1
19G0
The
needle
was
to
be
used
at
his
discretion
in
case
of
torture
or
other
reason
Powers
said
he
couldnt
use
the
pilot
ejection
mechan
mechanism
�
ism
provided
in
the
plane
In
this
particular
aircraft
there
isnt
much
clearance
between
the
pilots
knees
and
the
top
of
the
windshield
and
if
I
had
used
the
ejection
scat
at
that
time
I
would
probably
have
lost
both
legs
just
above
the
knees
He
opened
the
canopy
loosened
his
scat
belt
and
was
thrown
half
way
out
of
the
plane
He
said
he
tried
to
get
back
Into
the
aircraft
to
trig
trigger
�
ger
destructor
switches
but
couldnt
Finally
something
Continued
on
Pag
3
GORDON
GIBSON
advertising
clampdown
Other
Ways
To
Push
Project
Bonner
Hints
VICTORIA
Special
Attorney
General
Robert
Bonner
said
Tuesday
the
government
would
like
to
develop
the
Columbia
River
power
project
under
the
Canada
US
treaty
But
he
added
there
were
other
ways
ROAD
CHARGE
Judge
Throws
Out
Appeal
By
Gaglardi
KAMLOOPS
W
A
county
court
judge
Tuesday
threw
out
theappeal
of
Highways
Minister
Gaglardi
against
a
careless
driving
conviction
and
said
he
believed
police
testimony
that
had
been
disputed
by
the
min
minister
�
ister
Judge
Gordon
Lindsay
hand
handed
�
ed
down
a
five
point
judgment
but
said
he
wanted
it
clear
that
he
was
not
suggesting
that
the
evidence
of
the
minister
was
not
given
in
other
than
per
perfectly
�
fectly
good
faith
Mr
Gaglardi
a
minister
of
the
Pentecostal
Assemblies
Church
was
appealing
his
con
conviction
�
viction
in
Kamloops
police
court
Dec
2G
on
a
charge
of
driving
without
due
care
and
attention
near
nearby
Savona
Sept
29
He
was
fined
75
and
his
drivers
licence
was
suspended
for
three
months
effective
Jan
2
It
was
the
highway
ministers
sixth
traffic
conviction
in
the
last
five
years
The
minister
was
not
in
court
when
Judge
Lindsay
gave
his
appeal
decision
but
was
rep
represented
�
resented
by
counsel
Playing
Politics
PRESTON
Ont
CPI
Depart
Department
�
ment
of
highways
signs
at
Pres
Preston
�
ton
have
brought
protests
from
town
council
Council
says
the
signs
direct
motorists
to
Kitch
Kitchener
�
ener
five
miles
away
for
ac
accommodation
�
commodation
food
and
fuel
One
alderman
said
he
thinks
some
one
from
Kitchener
has
been
plaving
politics
at
Tor
Toronto
�
onto
Fan
Out
Employment
System
Used
for
Peace
4
John
W
Gouge
executive
as
assistant
�
sistant
to
BCE
Chairman
Dr
Gordon
Shrum
said
the
com
pany
has
asked
the
National
Employment
Service
to
cstab
lish
an
office
at
Hudson
Hope
near
where
the
850000000
pro
project
�
ject
would
be
built
There
have
been
estimates
that
a
community
of
7000
will
grow
up
at
the
site
when
woik
on
the
dam
is
well
under
way
Mr
Gouge
said
the
NES
of
office
�
fice
at
Hudson
Hope
would
bo
in
constant
touch
with
contrac
contractors
�
tors
at
the
development
When
companies
needed
workers
they
would
contact
the
NES
office
and
local
workers
would
have
first
opportunity
to
apply
for
jobs
H
there
was
not
cnougli
labor
available
near
the
site
the
Hudson
Hope
office
would
con
contact
�
tact
other
NES
offices
in
North
Northern
�
ern
BC
and
gradually
fan
out
the
job
vacancies
lluoughout
the
province
He
said
lie
hopes
arrange
arrangements
�
ments
can
be
made
to
open
the
Hudson
Hope
office
bcfoie
the
end
of
March
The
contract
for
a
20000000
diversion
tunnel
Project
will
be
awarded
about
March
20
and
will
require
H
500
workers
Horace
Keetch
NES
Pacific
region
director
said
the
BCE
proposal
will
ho
rf
oi
nth
Uenlor
officials
ha
Ottawa