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An Independent Weekly Newipw,,, Devoted to the lntere.u of Centr.l and Northern BritUh Columbia
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Prince George, B.C., Thursday, July 31,  1947
J| Fair Seen Test Community Unity
Co-operation  Appealed For As Work Undertaken  on Drill Hall
Icing 'ts greatest challeng-e, Prince George Agricultural Pirial Association has "called an emergency meeting for
,,t farmers and all members to decide the fate of an hall being utilized for Fall Fair purposes.
.meeting will be held at 2 p.m.
!ff     of the district agricul-. Government Building
7djr advic hv  J
 ver
 e from Victoria re- Corner,   secretaxy- tt th
 J    Corn,
3''to what extent the nwik Putnam, minister of Uture is prepared to help.
 named FaU Pair faceting this week at
tRelegation of the  Junior -r of Commerce volunteered ,Se.�socia'ion on Labor Day, m entertainment. . executive, following a round-feussion as to handling the Pill Pair struck a comnut-rd enlisting   the  help  of
Elks,   Eagles, � other service �lub and organizations and groups * > success of this year's
en. Rotarians and id
^p ensure kvor.
army
o stressed  that 1947 marks ,wist crucial year in the long the association as It is now threshold of providing the district with what may be .j as one of the finest ex-grounds in the interior. Hiny drill hall in Area  "A." ly the home of the Oxford at the extreme end of the camp will oe "used for Pall [purposes this year. ; huge building will be utilized _n industrial exhibit as well as Ride range  of   farm produce bits displayed in past years. [ view of its location, arrange-are being made "to provide ..arse meals on the premises, > Girl Guides will again be of-I concessions.
stive plans call for a "Queen
�;" being held in conjunction
i the Pall Pair   and organiza-
i are being approached to spon-
sdidates.
I is possible that baseball games lie held on the large grounds ng the building,   and  that . matches  will   be  held in-nth sports for kiddles also
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Byl
aw
Started On Way by City
Bylaw No. 1 of District 57 Municipal School Board, for $132,816, was started on its way Monday when City Council gave initial reading to a civic measure to raise $40,000 as its portion of school needs. -Some $46,000
 4-4-
is expected   as a
? ? -f 4- 4- j grant from the department of edu-| cation, while the rural districts' portion has been set at $50,000.
The rateable value of lands, plus 75 per cent of the rateable value of improvements, involved is $2,165,474 in Prince George and $2,680,182 for the rural district.
New school buildings will entail an expenditure of $97,333, their furniture and equipment, $21,533; al-1 leratlons and additions, $8250, and | other   extraordinary    requirements, I
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Reprisal Victims' Bodies Used as Booby Trap Snare
JERUSALEM�A  cunningly  con- j $3700. trived booby trap today blasted to i    The loan  proposed will take the bits the  bodies of two British ser- \ form of 20-year serial debentures at
|       $2.50 a Year
INGA ANDERSEN
geants hanging from a tree near Natanya 24 hours after Irgun Zvai Leumi had slain them in reprisal for the execution of two insurgents by the Palestine government.
One British soldier was wounded by the blast and an Associated Press
photographer.   James   Prihgle,   was i of ratepayersTn knocked    to  the   ground   Prigl'   j
au per cent to produce par bonds. Introduction of the civic bylaw-No.   556�   coincided   with   advice from the  School   Board of having j accepted the City Council's offer of $6000 for the former nurses' home as  a  teacherage, subject to assent
knocked to the ground. Pringle's I camera was destroyed by the explosion, which blew pieces of flesh over an area of 50 yards. The bloody and blackened bodies of the two sergeants were found hanging five miles from Natanya.
ECONOMIC TALKS
LONDON�Britain today arranged high-level talks with the United States in a new bid to stave off the threatened economic crisis. Sir Stafford Cripps, Board of Trade president, arranged to fly to Paris to confer with W. L. Clayton, U.S. under-secreta ry.
"NEVER  HAS�NEVER WILL"
OTTAWA�M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. party leader, said Wednesday his party often ..had been accused of Communism, but declared that the C.C.F. "never has and never will have anything to do with those who accept the Russian system or its methods as models for all countries."   �
LAKE
U.N.  HEARING
SUCCESS �  Dr.
Oscar
Lange of  Poland, president of  the
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Id.the executive   obtain the, jia-S ordered  an  immediate  hearing rt it feds will be forthcoming ! On  the Indonesian  question  which
As pointed out by P. E. Wilson,' K.C., city solicitor, it is further sub- ' ject to city ratepayers approving: sale of the property.
The  building loan   measure  will j require approval of B. C. Brace we 11, deputy minister   and   inspector of municipalities.
It was formally approved of Sunday by 21 representatives from school attendance areas at a conference in the Junior-Senior High School at which the purpose and means of financing were detailed, along with the somewhat involved procedure required before it may be voted upon.
Public meetings of ratepayers in the rural districts are being continued to further publicize provisions of the school bylaw.
Ratepayers of Canyon Creek, Stone Creek, Strathnaver and Woodpecker will meet in Woodpecker Farmers' Institute Hall at 8 p.m., daylight time, on Tuesday.
Ratepayers of Cliief Lake and Crescent  Lake    will  meet    in  the j
Bear Baffled By Beauty's Bravery
SUMMIT LAKE � Inga An-. dersen, holidaying as the guest of Mrs. . John Adems at Wild Gee.se Lodge from recent May-fair' engagements in London, distinguished herself in original manner.
Walking up the path from Summit Lake with several guests, she stood stockstill as the others scattered upon being confronted by a big black bear. Miss Andersen grabbed a stick and chased the bear up the trail.
It wagged its head from side to side as though completely deceived by the vision of loveliness, which had confronted it with the assurance of a big game hunter.
City Engineer To Attend Meeting
Charles East, city engineer, was authorized by City Council to attend the annual meeting of public works and municipal engineers' organization in Salon "D" of the Hotel Vancouver, September 25-26.
W.  C. Morse,    who    controls the greater Seattle   water system,  and Chief Lake School  at  8  p.m.  clay- ! Arth"r  Walker,   also   of  Seattle, a,
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Kin Opening
On Nechako River
Doubleheader Softball Game To Feature   Dedication   on    Sunday
j Kin Beach will be formally opened on Sunday at 2:15 p.m. by Mayor Jack Nicholson. Picnic benches, a sandy beach ;in accOrdirVg to A. will present plans and specifications j ,,,lve   secretary-treasurer of buildings, and details of the pro- : Bay   Vancouver Island.
 of
gram proposed* under the bylaw soon to be brought, before ratepayers.
Hold Funeral for Court Philosopher
Mrs. Frank C. Ward left Monday via C.P.A; for Vancouver to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, Ernest Walter, on Tuesday afternoon in Center & H' lors. Rev, Norman J.
 Hanna's par Thompson of New Westminster officiating!
Mr. Walter, a newspaperman of 35 years experience in Western Canada, had a strong following who read his column "Before the Magistrate," for many years.
Mr. Walter is survived by his widow, one son, Frank, of New Westminster, a daughter. Bee, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie M. Jennings, in London. England.
Mrs. G. R. Mutrie Dies in Hospital
. Mrs. G. R. Mutrie, 57, passed away on Wednesday in Prince George and District Hospital after a Tengthy illness.
A-ssman's Funeral   Chapel  is  arranging    :o forward    the  body  to Saywright's Funeral Home in Haney  i               bi
Indian Pipe Is Quite A Puzzle\
Familiar with most California plants, W. A. Burton of Long Beach, visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Ostlund, was sorely puzzled Wednesday by the delicate . beauty of "flowers" he found on Connaught Hill.
James Grant of Vernon, forest insect ranger, of the Dominion entomologist staff, identified the growths as saprophytes, vegetable , organisms which live on decayed organic matter. The ivory white Indian pipe fascinated Mr. Burton with their delicate leaf tracery and   bells.
Work parties organized a month ago by members of Prince George Kinsmen have transformed almost an acre of land granted by W. Lamb & Son.s Sawmill into the most developed park area in Prince Georga area.
Park grounds 80x160 yards were levelled out by a bulldozer from Helios Ranch Ltd., fulfilling a promise made by William Bellos last November during a Joint radio auction. In clearing the land, shade trees were left for the enjoyment of picnickers.
Every co-operation has been extended Kinsmen by civic officials.
Wilf Olts, cnairman of tne beach committee,  has  had  the   banks   to i the millpond levelled on a gradual 1 gradient and covered with fine sand.
Ray Williston headed a committee which arranged a backstop for the softball diamond laid out on Wednesday.
Syd Perry headed a committee setting up bathhouses for boys and girls, and Ray Allen's group made up three picnic benches last Sunday and a further three on Wednesday. Dutch ovens are under construction on  the picnic ground*.
Bill Jarmson's committee arranging signs indicating the route to the park has -been donated a prefabricated entrance archway of rustic design, which will be put in place within a month, by Northwest Construction Co. Ltd. The designer is Jim Hutchison.
While the ilne-up of the Quesnel-Prince George Legion teams Is not as yet known, this softball game on Sunday will, it is believed, prove one of the big attractions of the day.
The challenge softball game be-twoen Kinsmen and Rotarians was arranged by Bill Jnrmson. deputy district governor of Kin. and Jack Ratlerigc. president of the Prince George Rotary Club.
where   funeral arranged.
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Minister of Mines Visiting District
The Hon. R. C. MacDonald, minister of mines and municipalities, accompanied by Dr. H. Sargent, chief mining engineer, will drive from Wells to Prince George on Tuesday, according to advice conveyed  to H. G. Perry.
Carrying Rifle Costs $50 Fine
Ritz-Kifer Hall Sold by Council
Sale of the Rjtz-Kifer Hall for $10,000 to Dr. E. X L.von was approved of Monday by City Council with Aid. T. S. Carmichael, who expressed belief that colleagues were being too hasty, declining to vote.
"We'll never get a better "offer." commented Aid. J. N. Keller, civw. finance chairman, in moving tliat the offer be accepted, AJd. Fred Hale being seconder.
W. G. Fraser, city clerk, described how the building is the oldest in Prince George and said that the applicant Ls prepared to.give tenants a year's lease.
As it will be some two months before  the new  firehall is ready for
Fred W. Sunquist, as a nonresident, pleaded guilty before Magistrate George Milburn in District Police Court to a charge of carrying  a   rifle  without  a   licence  and'
was fined $50 or 10 days imprison- j occupancy, sale   of   the Ritz-Kifer ment. He paid the fine.                    I Hall is subject to such delay as en-
He   was    summonsed    by .Gamo � tailed  by  construction' of  the  new Warden A. J. Jank at Summit Lake . premises adjoining the City Hall.
on July 20.
!v'sins Traffic Bylaws  Meet Modern Needs
*� that  u
four or five traffic by-jnsoiidation of traffic nto a bylaw designed to W needs of Prince * undertaken by P. E. j Clty solicitor.
city   Council on afford him
t0 prepare such "a
* Placed emphasis upon *e shown by autoists and Sri! * Provincial statute gjjn. the right-of-way
J0jump out of
 merab�rs
 way
" to
he should have
a draft bylaw ready in two or three weeks.
.Subsequent discussion indicated it may contain provision for parking
 some time be laid.
Company officials ]x>inted out the drive-in   will   remove   trucks from ! the street, and expedite loadings.
Dedicating Cairns
 Border  Parl